Sense of loneliness and meaning in life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. Preliminary studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) interferes with everyday functioning but its impact on the loneliness and the meaning in life of the patients is unclear.

Objectives

to determine whether the COPD severity levels correlate with the sense of loneliness and dimensions of the sense of meaning in life.

Methods

144 patients with COPD during a period of absence of an infectious exacerbation were examined. The number of infectious exacerbations over the past year, the Modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) dyspnea score, the COPD Assessment Test (CAT) score were determined as well as the feelings of loneliness using the De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale (DJGLS) and the sense of meaning in life using the Life Attitude Profile-Revised (LAP-R) questionna

SUBMITTER: Sipowicz K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11614002 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature