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Patterns of Psychology Responses in Acute and Chronic Respiratory Failure

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Patterns of psychological response to diseases causing respiratory failure could include a broad range of conditions including behavioral manifestations, psychiatric alterations such as post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression, and cognitive alterations up to delirium. Psychosocial and emotional (health-related quality of life, environmental factors, low social support, personality, negative feeling such as anger, loneliness, and stressful life events) and neuropsychiatric symptoms (anxiety, depression, neurological disorders, and cognitive impairment) are not rarely associated with chronic lung disease which can lead to respiratory failure. Physical and mental health are strongly interrelated in respiratory diseases. Patients with acute respiratory failure can experience the most distressing form of dyspnea known as “air hunger.” The mechanism of air hunger activates brain pathways involved in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression. People with chronic pulmonary disease have lower levels of psychological and mental health which easily lead to functional impairment and disability. Anxiety and depressive symptoms are common chronic respiratory diseases.

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Abbreviations

ARDS:

Acute respiratory distress syndrome

BIPQ:

Brief illness perception questionnaire

CAT:

COPD assessment test

CBT:

Cognitive behavioral therapy

COPD:

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

CRD:

Chronic respiratory diseases

FSS:

Fatigue severity scale

HADS:

Hospital anxiety and depression scale

HRQoL:

Health-related quality of life

ICU:

Intensive care unit

ILD:

Interstitial lung disease

LOC:

Locus of control

PHQ:

Patient health questionnaire

PICS:

Post-intensive care syndrome

PR:

Pulmonary rehabilitation

PTSD:

Post-traumatic stress disorder

SF-12:

Short-form health survey

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  1. Intensive Care Unit, Hospital General Universitario Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Murcia, Spain

    Antonio M. Esquinas

  2. Cognitive Disorders and Dementia Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

    Andrea Fabbo

  3. Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Cukurova University, Adana, Türkiye

    Filiz Koc

  4. Psychoneuroimmunology and Psychopharmacology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

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De Guglielmo, M., Fabbo, G. (2023). Patterns of Psychology Responses in Acute and Chronic Respiratory Failure. In: Esquinas, A.M., Fabbo, A., Koc, F., Prymus, A., Farnik, M. (eds) Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation and Neuropsychiatric Disorders . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27968-3_2

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