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. 2014 Sep 18:24:14066.
doi: 10.1038/npjpcrm.2014.66.

Depression and heart failure associated with clinical COPD questionnaire outcome in primary care COPD patients: a cross-sectional study

Manon Urff  1 , Jan-Willem K van den Berg  2 , Steven M Uil  2 , Niels H Chavannes  3 , Roger A M J Damoiseaux  4
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Depression and heart failure associated with clinical COPD questionnaire outcome in primary care COPD patients: a cross-sectional study

Manon Urff et al. NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. .

Abstract

Background: Improvement in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is one of the main goals in treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Impaired HRQoL in COPD is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, hospitalisations and burden on our health-care system. The Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ) is a validated, reliable, short questionnaire for the evaluation of disease-specific HRQoL in patients with COPD in primary care.

Aims: To investigate factors that might be associated with CCQ outcome in COPD in a primary care setting.

Methods: In a population of COPD patients in primary care, multiple regression analyses were used to assess associations between CCQ outcome and depression, heart failure, FEV1% predicted, FEV1/FVC, age, sex, body mass index and current smoking.

Results: Data from 341 patients (mean age 68.1±10.3, COPD GOLD class I-III) were used for analyses. Together, heart failure and depression explained 23% of the variance in CCQ total score (P<0.001, N=93). Heart failure was most strongly associated with CCQ functional score (27% explained variance, P<0.001, N=100), whereas depression was most strongly associated with CCQ mental score (22% explained variance, P<0.001, N=93).

Conclusions: CCQ outcomes are higher in COPD patients with heart failure and depression. These findings might imply that heart failure and depression affect HRQoL of patients with COPD, and thus emphasise the importance of a holistic approach of this complex disease, leading to a correct diagnosis of COPD and its comorbidities, to achieve better tailored treatment of chronic patients.

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