The impact of anxiety and depression on outcomes of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD.

  • Andreas Von Leupoldt
  • Karin Taube
  • Kirsten Lehmann
  • Anja Fritzsche
  • Helgo Magnussen

Abstract

Anxiety and depression are prevalent comorbidities in COPD and are related to a worse course of disease. The present study examined the impact of anxiety and depression on functional performance, dyspnea, and quality of life (QoL) in patients with COPD at the start and end of an outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) program.

Bibliografische Daten

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer3
ISSN0012-3692
StatusVeröffentlicht - 2011
pubmed 21454397