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Patients with COPD plus sleep problems should be screened for mood disorders
Key clinical point: Patients with COPD and sleep problems were significantly more likely to also have depression.
Major finding: All four measures of health-related quality of life were significantly associated with higher COPD and Asthma Impact Scale scores (P = .006 for SGRQ; P = .037 for SF-36, P < .001 for HADS, and P = .01 for CSES)
Study details: The data come from a multicenter, cross-sectional study of 245 adults with COPD.
Disclosures: The study was supported by the Basic Science Research Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. The researchers had no financial conflicts to disclose.
Lee SH et al. Clin Respir J. 2020 Jul 24. doi: 10.1111/crj.13235.