Hospital of S. João, Faculty of Medicine, Univ. of Oporto, Porto, Portugal.
Psychosomatics. 2010 Jan-Feb;51(1):39-46. doi: 10.1176/appi.psy.51.1.39.
The relationship between anxiety and asthma is currently being intensively studied.
The authors examined anxiety that influences and is influenced by this complex disease.
The authors conducted a cross-sectional study of adults with asthma at a hospital outpatient department, excluding known psychiatric patients. A sample of 195 patients, mostly middle-aged women with moderate/severe asthma, underwent pulmonary function and airway-inflammation tests and were given anxiety rating questionnaires.
A high level of anxiety was present in 70% of the patients. Anxiety was associated with worse subjective asthma outcomes and increased use of medication/healthcare services, but with decreased airway inflammation, and was not associated with lung function.
Anxiety seems to influence patients' perception/awareness of asthma symptoms.
目前，焦虑与哮喘之间的关系正受到深入研究。
作者研究了影响哮喘的焦虑，以及受哮喘影响的焦虑。
作者在一家医院的门诊部对成年人哮喘患者进行了横断面研究，排除了已知的精神病患者。195 名患者样本中，大多数为患有中重度哮喘的中年女性，他们进行了肺功能和气道炎症测试，并接受了焦虑评分问卷。
70%的患者存在高度焦虑。焦虑与较差的主观哮喘结局和增加药物/医疗服务的使用有关，但与气道炎症减少有关，与肺功能无关。
焦虑似乎会影响患者对哮喘症状的感知/意识。
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