A survey exploring psychological distress among patients with COPD during the COVID-19 pandemic
Conclusions: Patients with COPD experience negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety. Those experiencing highest impact also report higher levels of psychological distress and self-reported COPD symptoms, which could be unrelated to their COVID-19 risk profile. Larger, longitudinal studies are needed to confirm this finding.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Farver-Vestergaard, I., Rubio-Rask, S., Hilberg, O., Lokke, A. Tags: Psychologists and behavioural scientists Source Type: research
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