Conference paper
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AND SOCIAL FACTORS IN PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE
Karolina Zawada
; Department of Pneumonology Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Agnieszka Bratek
; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Krzysztof Krysta
; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Abstract
Chronic respiratory diseases which embrace asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are common in the
population. In a large number of cases they are diagnosed very late. Statistics of deaths, especially in the case of COPD, are
underestimated because morbidity and mortality can be affected by other comorbid conditions, for example cardiovascular disease.
Asthma and COPD impair not only physical functioning of patients but also affect their psychological state. Mood disorders and
cognitive function impairment are more often observed in this group than in the general population. It has been proven that the
coexistence of psychological dysfunction significantly worsens the functioning of patients (affects, among others, their work, family
and social lives) and has an impact on the course of the treatment of the somatic illness. First of all, patients with cognitive deficits
have greater problems in applying treatment recommendations.
Accordingly, it seems to be important to pay more attention to the problem of mental disorders in patients with obstructive lung
diseases. There is a clear need for a multidisciplinary approach that will enable prevention, early detection and effective treatment of
the psychological disorders in that group of patients.
Keywords
asthma; COPD; anxiety; depression
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264591
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Publication date:
8.9.2015.
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