Abstract Objective This study was conducted to identify dyspnea, anxiety, and death anxiety in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Method The study was carried out with 200 COPD patients who applied to the chest diseases outpatient clinic of a state hospital between December 2022 and June 2023. Results A total of 73.0% of the patients with COPD participating in the study were male and their mean age was 66.73 ± 8.45 years. Their mean scores were 5.21 ± 2.46 on Modified Borg Scale, 2.62 ± 1.03 on the Modified Medical Research Council scale, 17.87 ± 7.96 on the Beck Anxiety Inventory, and 10.07 ± 4.02 on the Death Anxiety Scale. Patients with high dyspnea levels also had high levels of anxiety and death anxiety ( p < 0.001). Significance of results The patients with COPD had high levels of dyspnea, anxiety, and death anxiety. Based on the results of the study, it is recommended to plan evidence-based studies to alleviate dyspnea, anxiety, and death anxiety in patients with COPD.
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