Peculiarities of Obesity Effects on the Quality of Life and Psychoemotional State of Patients With Bronchial Asthma

Abstract

The aim: To study the effect of concomitant obesity in patients with bronchial asthma on quality of life and psychoemotional state depending on the phase of the disease. Materials and methods: 176 patients with bronchial asthma in different phases of the disease with normal weight, pre-obesity and obesity were examined. The quality of life and psycho-emotional state of the patients was determined by the «Sent George Respiratory Question» and the Spielberger-Hanin and Beck tests Results: All studied patients, showed significant violations of the psychoemotional sphere, a decrease in quality of life compared to healthy individuals (p<0.05). The remission phase revealed a deterioration in the quality of life of patients with overweight and obesity compared to patients with normal weight (p<0.05), in the exacerbation phase – with obesity and normal body weight (p < 0.05). Exacerbation negatively affected the psycho-emotional sphere in patients with normal body weight and obesity (p<0.05). Conclusions: The quality of life was reduced in all studied patients, regardless of body mass index(p<0.05), and the exacerbation of the disease worsened it (p < 0.05), increased depressive tendencies in patients with normal body weight and obesity (p<0.05). In patients with obesity, the worst quality of life indicators were found in the remission phase (p<0.05) and more pronounced depressive tendencies in the exacerbation phase than in the pre-obesity group (p<0.05). The most important indicators determining the course of bronchial asthma are quality of life and body mass index.