Anxiety and COPD: combat and win.
What Preventative Measures Can Nurses Take/Implement to Reduce Anxiety in Patients With COPD? Abstract Background COPD is a chronic systematic lung disease caused by exposure to harmful gases and particles, noticeably cigarette smoking. anxiety is strongly linked to COPD causing deterioration and exacerbation of the physical and mental conditions of the patients. there is an increasing attitude to recruit nurses for supporting universal health care coverage. In the context of COPD, several intervention approaches can be provided by nurses to improve the mood status of the patients leading to improvement in their quality of life. The study aims at addressing the nurse-delivered preventive intervention to reduce the anxiety that would lead to improvement in the quality of life of patients with COPD. Method The study design was a literature review. For the study, the review question was framed in terms of population, intervention, outcome, and study design.