Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients, particularly women, may be significantly more likely to suffer psychiatric disorders than the general population, researchers found.
Nearly half (49%) of the patients with COPD in a cross-sectional study had at least one psychiatric disorder. There's a 31% rate in the general population.
Nearly twice as many women in the study as men were diagnosed with a psychiatric problem despite similar COPD duration and severity (60% versus 38%, P=0.03), they reported in the July issue of the journal CHEST.
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Thursday, July 12, 2007
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