TY - JOUR AU - Roka, Tara AU - Aryal, Nirmala AU - Ghimire, Anjana AU - Pradhan, Subhadra AU - Aryal, Krishna Kumar PY - 2018/06/18 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Anxiety and Depression Among Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients in A Tertiary Care Hospital, Nepal JF - Journal of Kathmandu Medical College JA - J. Kathmandu Med. Coll. VL - 6 IS - 4 SE - Original Research Article DO - UR - https://jkmc.com.np/ojs3/index.php/journal/article/view/530 SP - 129-135 AB - <p><strong>Background: </strong>Psychiatric co-morbidities such as anxiety and depression among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbate the disease, prolong the hospital stay, increase the disease symptoms and deter the quality of life.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the proportion of anxiety or depression among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a tertiary care hospital.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>We carried out a cross sectional study interviewing 307 patients from a tertiary care hospital using sequential sampling technique. We used structured questionnaire and included hospital anxiety and depression scale to measure anxiety and depression. We considered a summed score of ER -