Respiratory medicine
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Respiratory medicine · Oct 2009
Depression and its relationship with poor exercise capacity, BODE index and muscle wasting in COPD.
The prevalence of depression in stable COPD patients varies markedly, possibly because of use of different scales. We aimed to assess depression using 2 different depression scales and to examine the association between depression and poor exercise performance, BODE index and muscle wasting in clinically stable COPD patients. ⋯ The administration of different depression scales may affect some of the characteristics of depressed patients rather than the prevalence rate of depression. Depression was associated with poor exercise performance and BODE index in COPD.