Depression in Chronic Airways Diseases

January 8, 2018 updated by: fareda ahmed mohamed, Assiut University

Anxiety and Depression in Chronic Airways Diseases

Chronic airways diseases involve alterations in the person's social roles, relationships and self-perception so demands continual psychological adjustment .

Also Kunik studied patients with chronic breathing disorders for depression and anxiety and found that 65% of patients were positive for depression and anxiety.

Shackell found that patients' anxiety and fears of breathlessness and dying extended into the night and were aggravated by feelings of isolation and frustration. One patient reported that they often thought 'am I going to see the next morning?'

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Detailed Description

This fear and sense of helplessness can lead to panic and evidence suggests that patients with chronic breathlessness often call for emergency assistance during the night According to GOLD report 2017, anxiety and depression in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients are both associated with poor prognosis.

Much of the evidence explored so far relates to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. While other chronic lung diseases have received less attention In addition to, several studies have been found relationship between asthma and psychological disturbance .One review of literature describes an increased prevalence of psychological co-morbidity in asthmatic adults and another research suggests that anxiety and depression are more common in patients with moderate to severe asthma than in the general population Gift. found significantly greater self-reported depression scores among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease receiving prednisone compared to patients not receiving any steroids.

Interestingly, the psychiatric sequel of steroid treatment are often sudden in onset and appear to generally occur within 2 weeks after steroid introduction

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

1

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 60 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Chronic airways diseases as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchial asthma, bronchiectasis

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension.
  • Cardiac diseases.
  • Chronic renal and liver diseases.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Screening
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: chronic lung diseases
bronchiectasis , bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease assess anxiety and depression by hospital anxiety and depression scale
self-assessment scale has been developed and found to be a reliable instrument for detecting states of depression and anxiety in the setting of an hospital medical outpatient clinic

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
compare anxiety and depression in different forms of chronic lung diseases
Time Frame: 10 minutes
by hospital anxiety and depression scale
10 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Reham Mohamed El-Morshedy, Assiut University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Anticipated)

October 1, 2018

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

October 1, 2019

Study Completion (Anticipated)

October 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 6, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 6, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

June 8, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 9, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 8, 2018

Last Verified

January 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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