Anxiety and Depression in Respiratory Patients
Research type
Research Study
Full title
What is the relationship between anxiety and depression and breathlessness in chronic respiratory diseases?
IRAS ID
177067
Contact name
Stephen Fowler
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Head of Research & Innovation, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 2 months, 7 days
Research summary
This study aims to identify the prevalence of anxiety and/or depression in patients attending respiratory clinic with breathlessness from the following chronic respiratory diseases: asthma, bronchiectasis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial lung disease, vocal cord dysfunction and dysfunctional breathing.
All patients that have a diagnosis listed above who attend clinics during the study period will receive an information sheet about what the study involves; this will be included in the routine letter they receive with details of their clinic appointment. A member of the clinical team will ask each potential volunteer whether they have received and read the information sheet, and whether they would be interesting in taking part. If so, they will be directed after their clinical appointment to speak with a member of the study team who will discuss the study in detail with them, obtain written and verbal consent (where the patients agrees to take part), and the data will be collected in the same visit.
The member of the study team will administer two questionnaires that assess the patients' depression and anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and Short Form 12) and two questionnaires that assess the patients' breathlessness (St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire and the Medical Research Council breathlessness score). These questionnaires will take approximately 30 minutes in total to complete. Following this the patient's involvement in the study is completed.
REC name
West of Scotland REC 5
REC reference
15/WS/0102
Date of REC Opinion
21 May 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion