HCP Live March 5, 2024
These mental health outcomes were seen among those with self-reported COPD and asthma, though not among individuals with objective diagnoses based on spirometry.
There is a link between depressive disorders and respiratory disorders among those with self-reported chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, according to new findings, though this is not seen in objective diagnoses based upon spirometry.1
These new data resulted from a study conducted to assess potential links between ventilatory disorders, spirometric indices, and self-reported diseases of the respiratory system to psychiatric conditions. The team ensured that confounding variables were included in their assessment.
The research was led by Brice Touilloux, from Lausanne University Hospital’s respiratory medicine department at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Touilloux and...
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