Asthmatic patients suffer more emotional reactions, depressive and sad that healthy people.
research has been presented at the thirty-ninth Congress Neumosur, the most important annual event on respiratory diseases from the South of Spain, which was held in Badajoz between Thursday and Saturday of last week.
– thus shown in a national study in which specialists from the Hospital de Jerez, Costa de Sol in Marbella, Santa Creu participated i San Pau in Barcelona, Hospital de Cruces, in Barakaldo, Hospital of Laredo, in Cantabria, and Hospital of San Carlos in Madrid
-the study also shows that the emotional factors are linked to the degree of control of the disease by asthmatic patients
-symptoms depressive were correlated significantly with the number of previous earnings, disease control, and the severity of associated with rhinitis
– identical correlations were obtained with the symptoms of anxiety, although this was also associated with the number of unscheduled consultations and assistance to emergency services
Jerez/Marbella, March of 2013.- asthma is an inflammatory disease very prevalent with known triggers: infections, allergens, exercises. However, it has been said that the emotional aspects significantly influence the evolution of the disease. A study which was attended by several Spanish hospitals has deepened in this aspect, analyzing the differences in emotional reactions (anxiety, Tristeza-depresión) of healthy people and asthmatic patients and investigating the correlation between these emotional aspects and the different facets of the disease.
In which specialists from the Hospital de Jerez, Costa de Sol in Marbella, Santa Creu intervened i San Pau in Barcelona, Hospital de Cruces, in Barakaldo, Hospital of Laredo, in Cantabria, and San Carlos Hospital in Madrid, and research carried out on a sample of 107 patients healthy and asthmatic 138, concluded that asthmatic patients suffer more depression and sad emotional reactions than healthy people and It also showed that the emotional factors are linked to the degree of control of the disease by asthmatic patients.
In the study, depressive symptoms score correlated weakly but significantly with previous admissions, the control of the disease and the severity of associated with rhinitis. Identical correlations were obtained with the score of symptoms of anxiety, but also this related also with the number of queries not scheduled in the previous year and assisting emergency services during the same period.
39Th Congress Neumosur
The results of this research have been shown in the 39 th Neumosur Congress, which brought together more than 300 specialists in Badajoz to bring together the latest advances in treatment of respiratory diseases, which are the third leading cause of death in Spain, and discuss the most effective strategies to prevent its advance. During the Congress, which this year included the presence of Latin American professionals, in addition to pulmonologists Andalusia and Extremadura, research and results were treated on mechanical ventilation, pulmonary hypertension, palliative care in patients with COPD and thoracic injuries, among other issues.
