title: Psychological status and quality of life in elderly patients with asthma.
abstract: The psychological status and quality of life of 70 stable patients with asthma age > or =60 years and 40 age-matched comparison subjects were examined. The patients with long-standing asthma (duration > or = 8 years) had lower quality-of-life scores than those with recent-onset asthma (duration < 8 years). In multivariate linear regression analysis with adjustment for age, gender duration of disease, and level of bronchial hyperreactivity, worse quality of life was predicted by anxiety, depression, and asthma severity scores. In elderly patients with long-standing asthma, disease severity significantly impairs quality of life. Impaired quality of life in these patients may be partly related to psychological status indicators.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Psychiatry, Chest Diseases, and Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kirikkale University.
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Oğuztürk
authors.forename: Aydanur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ekici
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ekici
authors.forename: Mesut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arslan
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iteginli
authors.forename: Türkan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.forename: Ercan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kurtipek
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D001249:Asthma / Q000523:psychology*; D016535:Bronchial Hyperreactivity / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012016:Reference Values; D012803:Sick Role