title: Analysis of psychoemotional state and intellectual abilities in patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease--preliminary results.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In the literature we can find examples of comorbidity of the diseases of the respiratory tract and mental disorders. Among them a particularly significant position is occupied by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, which may be accompanied by anxiety, depressive and cognitive symptoms. The present research project was aimed to establish a connection between psycho-intellectual functioning and suffering from the aforementioned diseases.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patients were divided into 3 groups. In the asthma group there were 11 people, mean age 54, who met the GINA criteria for asthma. The group of patients with COPD was formed by 12 people, mean age 67. The control group included 13 people, mean age 48. Patients from all the groups underwent spirometry, sputum induction and the following tests: Mini-Mental State Examination (MSSE), Trail Making Test (TMT A and B), Beck Depression Inventory - BDI (Beck et al. 1961) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults - STAI 1 and 2.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the TMT tests results were the following: We can presume some deficiency when the time required by a patient to complete the task is longer than 78 seconds for Part A and 273 seconds for Part B. In our research the best mean time was obtained in control group (Part A - 30.04 s, Part B - 67.37 s), then in the asthma group (Part A - 35.54 s, Part B - 98.81 s) and in the COPD group (Part A - 42.80 s, Part B - 107.79 s). In our research study the lowest score for the Beck Depression Inventory was obtained in the control group (mean 6.15), then in asthma (mean 9.63) and in COPD (mean 13.61). Results for State-Train Anxiety Inventory were distributed as follows: mean score in the asthma group was 36.48 in Part 1 and 43.27 in Part 2, in the COPD group 36.41 in Part 1 and 42.66 in Part 2 and in the control group 32.61 in Part 1 and 36.75 in Part 2.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In our research the level of anxiety and depression measured by self-assessment questionnaires was higher in the study groups than in the control group. Also cognitive functions were worse than in the healthy controls, especially among COPD patients.
authors.affiliation: Central Clinical Hospital of The Medical University of Silesia, Medyków 14, 40-635, Katowice, Poland, agnieszka-bratek@o2.pl.
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bratek
authors.forename: Karolina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zawada
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barczyk
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sozańska
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krysta
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*