• Rafael Hurtado-Ruzza, Óscar Álvarez-Calderón Iglesias, Raquel Dacal-Quintas, Ricardo Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo, César Calvo-Lobo, Marta San-Antolín, Marta Elena Losa-Iglesias, and Daniel López-López.
• Universidade da Coruña, Research, Faculty of Nursing and Podiatry, Health and Podiatry Group, Department of Health Sciences - Ferrol, Spain.
• Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2021 Apr 1; 67 (4): 571-576.

ObjectiveThe goals of this study are to compare self-reported depression and anxiety in subjects diagnosed of asthma and healthy controls.MethodsWe designed a case-control study. Subjects were recruited using a consecutive sampling method from a single institution. Two groups were created: Asthma and healthy controls. Data of medical history and demographic background were collected from the medical record. Self-reported depression level was assessed using Beck's depression inventory (BDI). Self-reported anxiety was measured with the "State-trait anxiety inventory" (STAI).ResultsFifty-one subjects with asthma, and fifty healthy patients were included in this study. BDI scores (p<0.001) were higher for asthma (10.22±7.3) than in the control group (5.2±6.56). STAI state (p<0.001) was higher in asthma (42.61±11.5) than in controls (34.88±9.25). STAI trait (p<0.001) showed higher scores in asthma (43.14±10.89) than in controls (34.62±9.19).ConclusionsThese study findings showed that BDI, and STAI trait and state scores are significantly higher in subjects who suffer from asthma than healthy controls.

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