Skip to the main content

Psychiatria Danubina, Vol. 33 No. 1, 2021.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.24869/psyd.2021.101

RISK OF A MAJOR DEPRESSIVE EPISODE IN ASTHMA AND COPD PATIENTS AMIDST COLOMBIAN SAR-COV-2 CONFINEMENT

Carmen Cecilia Caballero-Domínguez ; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia
John Carlos Pedrozo-Pupo ; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia
Adalberto Campo-Arias orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-2201-7404 ; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Full text: english pdf 116 Kb

page 101-106

downloads: 318

cite

Abstract

Background: Chronic non-communicable diseases, such as asthma (AS) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are a public health problem that compromises patients' quality of life and is highly comorbid with medical and psychological conditions. The present study's objective was to know the variables associated with the risk of major depression during confinement due to SAR-CoV-2 in patients with AS and COPD in the Colombian Caribbean.
Subjects and methods: An online cross-sectional observational study was done with the participation of patients diagnosed with AS or COPD. AS and COPD patients completed the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) to identify a major depressive disorder risk.
Results: Two hundred seventy-seven patients diagnosed with AS or COPD aged 18 to 69 (M=60.4, SD=17.6) participated. The risk of major depression was assessed using the PHQ-9 sent online after telephone contact with the participants. 30.7% of the patients during the last month reported a risk of major depression, and it was associated with a history of major depressive disorder (OR=4.39, 95%CI 1.53-12.67) and medical comorbidity (OR=1.69, 95%CI 1.00-2.86).
Conclusions: The depression risk is associated with a history of depressive disorder and medical comorbidity in patients with AS and COPD. Medical history is the leading risk factor for depression during confinement. It is recommended to carry out studies with many participants and study other variables that may mediate said associations during confinement by SAR-CoV-2 in the Colombian Caribbean.

Keywords

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); asthma; depressive disorder; cross-sectional studies

Hrčak ID:

256937

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/256937

Publication date:

15.4.2021.

Visits: 798 *