TY - JOUR T1 - Nurse-led cognitive behavioural therapy for treatment of anxiety in COPD JF - ERJ Open Research JO - erjor DO - 10.1183/23120541.00221-2018 VL - 4 IS - 4 SP - 00221-2018 AU - Abebaw Mengistu Yohannes Y1 - 2018/10/01 UR - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/4/4/00221-2018.abstract N2 - Anxiety disorders are common and debilitating conditions that significantly impair the physical functioning and quality of life (QoL) of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A recent systematic review identified the high prevalence of these disorders in patients with COPD, ranging 6–33% for generalised anxiety, 0–44% for panic disorder, 10–27% for specific phobias, and 5–11% for social phobias [1]. Furthermore, under-recognised or untreated anxiety disorders in COPD patients may reduce the QoL of their caregivers and increase emergency care visits and hospital admissions [1–5]. In 2004, in the European Union, the estimated direct (e.g. hospital admissions and medications) and indirect (e.g. loss of productivity due to absence from work) cost of anxiety disorders exceeded €41 billion per annum [2].Nurse-led cognitive behavioural therapy is feasible and cost-effective for the treatment of anxiety in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. http://ow.ly/QZJT30mJdXU ER -