Relationship between Functional Status and Type D Personality and Psychiatric Symptoms of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Authors : İbrahim YAĞCI, Gökhan PERİNCEK

Pages : 67-74

Doi:10.18863/pgy.1090854

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Publication Date : 2022-12-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Emotional difficulties, adjustment difficulties, anxiety disorder, paranoid reactions and depression are among the common psychiatric disorders in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(COPD);. Type D personality is characterized by social inhibition and negative affectivity. Individuals with Type D personality have difficulty in coping with chronic diseases. The aim of our study was to determine type D personality and psychiatric symptoms in patients with COPD. A patient group was formed with 44 people hospitalized with COPD in the Chest Diseases service and a control group was formed with 44 healthy people. A sociodemographic data form, the Beck Depression Inventory, State and Trait Anxiety Inventory, Somatosensory Amplification Scale, Type D Personality Scale, and BODE insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Body mass index, Obstruction, Dyspnea, Exercise capacity); index, were used to. According to the results of our study, state and trait anxiety, depression and D-type personality, exaggeration of bodily sensations scale scores were statistically significantly higher in the patient group compared to the control group. Moreover, a high score on the somatosensory amplification scale and having a type D personality were correlated with the BODE index score. These results suggest that it is important for patients with COPD to be examined by a psychiatrist..
Keywords : Anksiyete, Depresyon, D Tipi Kişilik, Kronik Obstrüktif Akciğer Hastalığı