Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học 'Respiratory Research cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: " BODE index versus GOLD classification for explaining anxious and depressive symptoms in patients with COPD. | Respiratory Research BioMed Central Research BODE index versus GOLD classification for explaining anxious and depressive symptoms in patients with COPD - a cross-sectional study Georg-Christian Funk Kathrin Kirchheiner Otto Chris Burghuber and Sylvia Hartl Address Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Otto Wagner Hospital Vienna Austria Email Georg-Christian Funk - Kathrin Kirchheiner - Otto Chris Burghuber - Sylvia Hartl - Corresponding author Open Access Published 9 January 2009 Received 13 October 2008 Respiratory Research 2009 10 1 doi l465-992l-l0-l Accepted 9 January 2009 This article is available from http content l0 l l 2009 Funk et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Anxiety and depression are common and treatable risk factors for re-hospitalisation and death in patients with COPD. The degree of lung function impairment does not sufficiently explain anxiety and depression. The BODE index allows a functional classification of COPD beyond FEVl. The aim of this cross-sectional study was l to test whether the BODE index is superior to the GOLD classification for explaining anxious and depressive symptoms and 2 to assess which components of the BODE index are associated with these psychological aspects of COPD. Methods COPD was classified according to the GOLD stages based on FEVl opredicted in l22 stable patients with COPD. An additional four stage classification was constructed based on the quartiles of the BODE index. The hospital anxiety and .
