Key result
COPD is linked to higher anxiety, depression, Type D personality, and somatosensory amplification versus controls.
Why the study?
Psychiatric disorders are common in patients with COPD, and individuals with Type D personality struggle to cope with chronic diseases, prompting evaluation of Type D personality and psychiatric symptoms in COPD.
Are Type D personality and psychiatric symptoms more prevalent in patients hospitalized with COPD compared to healthy controls?
Case-Control (n=88)
Are Type D personality and psychiatric symptoms more prevalent in patients hospitalized with COPD compared to healthy controls?
Patients hospitalized with COPD exhibit significantly higher levels of anxiety, depression, and Type D personality traits compared to healthy controls, which correlate with disease severity.
Emotional difficulties, adjustment difficulties, anxiety disorder, paranoid reactions and depression are among the common psychiatric disorders in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Type D personality is characterized by social inhibition and negative affectivity. Individuals with Type D personality have difficulty in coping with chronic diseases. The aim of our study was to determine type D personality and psychiatric symptoms in patients with COPD. A patient group was formed with 44 people hospitalized with COPD in the Chest Diseases service and a control group was formed with 44 healthy people. A sociodemographic data form, the Beck Depression Inventory, State and Trait Anxiety Inventory, Somatosensory Amplification Scale, Type D Personality Scale, and BODE (Body mass index, Obstruction, Dyspnea, Exercise capacity) index, were used to. According to the results of our study, state and trait anxiety, depression and D-type personality, exaggeration of bodily sensations scale scores were statistically significantly higher in the patient group compared to the control group. Moreover, a high score on the somatosensory amplification scale and having a type D personality were correlated with the BODE index score. These results suggest that it is important for patients with COPD to be examined by a psychiatrist..
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Yağcı et al. (2022) conducted a case-control in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (n=88). COPD vs. Healthy people was evaluated on State and trait anxiety, depression, Type D personality, and exaggeration of bodily sensations scale scores. Patients with COPD had significantly higher scores for anxiety, depression, Type D personality, and somatosensory amplification compared to healthy controls.
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