Open AccessExposure to stressful life events among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a prospective study
Author(s) -
Mohammad Ali Zohal,
Sima Rafiei,
Nafise Rastgoo,
Sanaz Jamshidi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advances in respiratory medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2543-6031
pISSN - 2451-4934
DOI - 10.5603/arm.a2020.0122
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , depression (economics) , logistic regression , anxiety , odds ratio , prospective cohort study , confidence interval , population , disease , pulmonary disease , physical therapy , psychiatry , environmental health , economics , macroeconomics
Although depression and anxiety have been widely investigated among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), experiencing stressful life events and its effect on increasing risk of exacerbations was rarely assessed. This study aimed to clarify the association between facing with stressful events among COPD patients and their disease severity leading to hospitalization.