Emotional distress and quality of life in caregivers of patients awaiting lung transplant.

Objective: The aims of this study are to characterize the levels of emotional distress and quality of life among caregivers of lung transplant candidates and to examine the relation of coping styles and perceived caregiver burden to caregivers' self-reported emotional distress.

Methods: A consecutive series of primary caregivers of potential lung transplant candidates completed a battery of psychosocial measures, including the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire (MCMQ), Scale for Caregiver Burden (SCB), and Medical Outcomes Survey, Short Form-36 (SF-36).

Results: Only 12 of the 82 caregivers (14.

Treatment regimen determines the relationship between depression and glycemic control.

Unlabelled: Several recent studies have suggested that depression is related to poorer glycemic control in patients with type 1 diabetes, but not in type 2 diabetes. We hypothesize that complexity of self-care regimen rather than the type of diabetes, is more important in determining this relationship of depression to glycemic control.

Methods: One thousand thirty-four adults with diabetes were recruited for the study.

Gas exchange and exercise capacity affect neurocognitive performance in patients with lung disease.

Objective: This study examined the relationship between cognitive functioning and the severity of underlying lung disease in patients awaiting lung transplantation.

Methods: Ninety-four patients with end-stage lung disease completed a test battery to assess cognitive performance in two domains: executive functioning/attention (Trails A and B, COWA, Animal Naming, Stroop Color-Word Test, Digit Symbol, and the 2 & 7 Test) and verbal memory (Digit Span-Backward and Forward, WMS-R Logical Memory and Paired Verbal Associates).

Results: Thirty-seven percent of the patients demonstrated moderate to severe cognitive impairment data on two or more tests.

Psychiatric disorder and quality of life in patients awaiting lung transplantation.

Study Objective: To examine the relationship between psychiatric comorbidity and quality of life in patients awaiting lung transplantation.

Setting: Duke University Medical Center/Lung Transplantation Program.

Participants: One hundred patients with end-stage pulmonary disease listed for lung transplantation.