Klaudia Tabała1, Magdalena Wrzesińska1, Patryk Stecz2, Józef Kocur3. 1. Zakład Rehabilitacji Psychospołecznej UM w Łodzi. 2. Zakład Metodologii Badań Psychologicznych i Statystyk, Instytut Psychologii, Wydział Nauk o Wychowaniu Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego. 3. Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki i Umiejętności w Łodzi.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma are a challenge to public health, with the sufferers experiencing a range of psychological factors affecting their health and behavior. The aim of the present study was to determine the level of anxiety, personality traits and stress-coping ability of patients with obstructive lung disease and comparison with a group of healthy controls. METHODS: The research was conducted on a group of 150 people with obstructive lung diseases (asthma and COPD) and healthy controls (mean age = 56.0 ± 16.00). Four surveys were used: a sociodemographic survey, NEO-FFI Personality Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and Brief Cope Inventory. Logistic regression was used to identify the investigated variables which best differentiated the healthy and sick individuals. RESULTS: Patients with asthma or COPD demonstrated a significantly lower level of conscientiousness, openness to experience, active coping and planning, as well as higher levels of neuroticism and a greater tendency to behavioral disengagement. Logistic regression found trait-anxiety, openness to experience, positive reframing, acceptance, humor and behavioral disengagement to be best at distinguishing people with lung diseases from healthy individuals. CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate the need for intervention in the psychological functioning of people with obstructive diseases.
OBJECTIVES:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma are a challenge to public health, with the sufferers experiencing a range of psychological factors affecting their health and behavior. The aim of the present study was to determine the level of anxiety, personality traits and stress-coping ability of patients with obstructive lung disease and comparison with a group of healthy controls. METHODS: The research was conducted on a group of 150 people with obstructive lung diseases (asthma and COPD) and healthy controls (mean age = 56.0 ± 16.00). Four surveys were used: a sociodemographic survey, NEO-FFI Personality Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and Brief Cope Inventory. Logistic regression was used to identify the investigated variables which best differentiated the healthy and sick individuals. RESULTS:Patients with asthma or COPD demonstrated a significantly lower level of conscientiousness, openness to experience, active coping and planning, as well as higher levels of neuroticism and a greater tendency to behavioral disengagement. Logistic regression found trait-anxiety, openness to experience, positive reframing, acceptance, humor and behavioral disengagement to be best at distinguishing people with lung diseases from healthy individuals. CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate the need for intervention in the psychological functioning of people with obstructive diseases.
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Keywords:
anxiety; coping with stress; personality profile
Authors: Andrzej Witusik; Łukasz Mokros; Piotr Kuna; Katarzyna Nowakowska-Domagała; Adam Antczak; Tadeusz Pietras Journal: Med Sci Monit Date: 2018-06-06