Quality of life, anxiety and depression in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

OBJECTIVE

to assess quality of life, anxiety and depression in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

METHOD

a cross-sectional, quantitative study, conducted in a reference hospital for the treatment of pulmonary diseases. Seventy patients were assessed, using a sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire, Beck's anxiety and Depression Inventories and the SF-36 Quality of Life Scale.

RESULTS

the participants had better quality of life in the vitality, mental health and social role functioning domains (median=50.0) and worse in limitation by physical and emotional role functioning (median=0.0 points). Anxiety, depression and oxygen dependence were associated with poorer results in the quality of life domains.

CONCLUSION

all patients were classified with severe anxiety level and moderate depression predominance. Patients had low quality of life scores in all domains.