DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE IN CONDITIONS OF COMORBIDITY

The purpose of the study. To study the features of depressive disorders in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in conditions of comorbidity with arterial hypertension (AH). Materials and methods. The study included 92 male patients with COPD. Of these, 63 patients with COPD in combination with hypertension. The diagnosis of COPD verified and the severity assessed in accordance with the GOLD criteria. The CES-D scale used to identify depressive disorders. Results. It found that men with COPD in conditions of comorbidity with hypertension characterized by statistically significantly higher values of the average depression score on the CES-D scale. In this group of examined people, significantly more people with depression indicators corresponding to a severe degree on the CES-D scale and less often people who do not have depressive disorders. Among men with COPD of the IV st., persons with depression indicators corresponding to a severe degree on the CES-D scale were significantly more common, and persons without depressive disorders were less common. Conclusion. Among men with COPD in conditions of comorbidity with hypertension, persons with depression indicators corresponding to a severe degree on the CES-D scale are significantly more common, and persons without depressive disorders are less common.