Vol. 3, Issue 12, Part H (2017)

Material and Method: A total of 100 patients were taken. Out of 100 patients 60 patients were of COPD in study group and 40 matched control having medical illness other than COPD. Psychiatric evaluation was done for each case on a semi structured Performa and anxiety was measured using Hamilton Anxiety Scale and score was measured in each case.

Result: In study group 30(50%) patients have anxiety as compare to 12(30%) patients in control group with p<0.05. In study group 11(35.4%) patients having anxiety belongs to mild degree of COPD, 17(65.3%) having anxiety belongs to moderate degree of COPD and 2(66.6%) having anxiety belong to severe degree of COPD. In study group 30 patients have anxiety, out of them 7 (30.4%) patients of anxiety have of chronic bronchitis, and 17 (85%) patients of anxiety are of Emphysema and 6 (38.2%) patients having anxiety belongs to mixed type.

Conclusion: COPD patients have high risk of development of anxiety than the other chronic illness. Anxiety is often associated with depression and the risk increases with the severity of COPD. So for successful treatment of COPD, not only medical care but also behavioral and psychological care should be render.