Open AccessAnxiety and Depression in Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: The Effects of Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Author(s) -
Nicholas Withers,
Sharon T. Rudkin,
R. J. White
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1539-0691
pISSN - 0883-9212
DOI - 10.1097/00008483-199911000-00007
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , anxiety , depression (economics) , pulmonary rehabilitation , pulmonary disease , physical therapy , hospital anxiety and depression scale , rehabilitation , outpatient clinic , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics
Previous studies have demonstrated high levels of anxiety and depression among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The effects of an outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) program on psychological morbidity were examined in patients with severe COPD.