Fatigue, anxiety and depression levels, activities of daily living of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• Published in: International journal of nursing practice Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 221 - 231
• Main Authors: Karakurt, Papatya, Ünsal, Ayla
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-04-2013; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Aged; Anxiety; Anxiety - etiology; Anxiety disorders; Anxiety-Depression; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cross-Sectional Studies; depression; Depression - etiology; Fatigue; Fatigue - etiology; Female; Hospitals; Humans; Male; Marital status; Mental depression; Middle Aged; Nursing; Nursing care; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - complications; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - physiopathology; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - psychology; Turkey
• ISSN: 1322-7114; 1440-172X
• DOI: 10.1111/ijn.12055

The aim of this cross‐sectional study was to determine the fatigue, anxiety and depression levels, activities of daily living of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (n = 255). It was found that there was significant difference between Visual Analogue Scale for Fatigue (VAS‐F) point averages and gender, education levels, marital status and economical status of patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Among the participants in this study, 36.5% had an anxiety disorder whereas 69.0% exhibited depression. In the study, it was determined that 85.5% of those were independent in their Katz's Index of Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and 49.4% of those were independent in their Lawton and Brody's Index of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs). This study has shown that VAS‐F, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, ADL and IADL instruments that measure the various aspects of health‐related quality of living can contribute considerably to a more diversified understanding of the patients' situation with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.