Mafalda Simões Cunha, Rita Amaral, Ana Margarida Pereira, Rute Almeida, Magna Alves-Correia, Cláudia Chaves Loureiro, Cristina Lopes, Joana Carvalho, Carmelita Ribeiro, Carmen Vidal, Dario Antolín-Amérigo, Diana Pinto, Manuel Ferreira-Magalhães, Maria João Vasconcelos, Carlos Lozoya, Natacha Santos, Francisca Cardia, Luís Taborda-Barata, Rosário Ferreira, Pedro Morais Silva, Tania Monteiro Ferreira, Raquel Câmara, Eurico Silva, Diana Bordalo, Cristina Guimarães, Maria José Calix, Sofia da Silva, Maria Luís Marques, Ana Morete, Carlos Nunes, Cláudia Vieira, Rosália Páscoa, Adelaide Alves, José Varanda Marques, Bruno Reis, Luís Monteiro, Rosário Monteiro, Margarida Cepa, Bruno Valentim, Daniela Sousa Coelho, Sara Fernandes, Patrícia Meireles, Margarida Abreu Aguiar, Ana Rita Mourão, Joao A Fonseca, Cristina Jácome
OBJECTIVES: Anxiety and depression are relevant comorbidities in asthma, but, in Portugal and Spain, data on this topic are scarce. We assessed, in patients with asthma, the frequency of anxiety and depression using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the European Quality of Life Five Dimension Questionnaire (EQ-5D); the level of agreement between these questionnaires, and the factors associated with these symptoms. METHODS: This is a secondary analysis of the INSPIRERS studies...
May 5, 2023: BMJ Open