Prevalence and Risk Factors for Depressive Symptoms in Persons with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
β Scribed by Rebecca E. Schane; Prescott G. Woodruff; Alexis Dinno; Ken E. Covinsky; Louise C. Walter
- Book ID
- 107413417
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 135 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0884-8734
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## Abstract ## Objectives We hypothesized that COPD patients with subβthreshold depression would have levels of disability and impaired quality of life approaching that for major depression and significantly greater than for nonβdepressed COPD patients. ## Setting A university teaching hospital
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