Kronik Obstrüktif Akciğer Hastalığı (KOAH) Tanılı Hastaların Fonksiyonel Durumları ile D Tipi kişilik ve Psikiyatrik Belirtileri Arasındaki İlişki

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