[The possibilities for the correction of the co-morbid anxiety and depressive disorders in the patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by the methods of climatic therapy].
The present study included 142 patients presenting with grade I-III chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treated based at a spa and health resort (SHR) facility located on the southern coast of the Crimea. The psycho-diagnostic testing was performed with the use of the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HDRS) and the Ch.D. Spielberger - Yu.L. Khanin scale for reactive (situational) and personal anxiety. The anxiety-depressive disorders were diagnosed in 59,2% of the patients; their intensity correlated with the severity of COPD. The questionnaire study based at the Spilberger-Khanin made it possible to document the presence of moderate and severe anxiety in 68,3% of the patients. It was shown that a course of the spa and health resort-based treatment produced beneficial effect on the psycho-functional status of the patients with COPD that was especially well apparent in those with the mild form of COPD.
S.I. Georgievskiy Medical Academy, V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Simferopol', Russia.
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D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D013790:Climatotherapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006294:Health Resorts; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*