Anxiety and depression in women with asthma prior to fertility treatment

Emilia Yifei Huang, Anne Vejen Hansen*, Casper Tidemandsen, Nina la Cour Freiesleben, Henriette Svarre Nielsen, Vibeke Backer, Charlotte Suppli Ulrik

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Abstract

Objective
We investigate symptoms of anxiety and depression among women with asthma prior to fertility treatment.

Methods
This is a cross-sectional study of women screened for eligibility to the PRO-ART study (RCT of omalizumab versus placebo in asthmatic women undergoing fertility treatment (NCT03727971)). All participants were scheduled for in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment at four public fertility clinics in Denmark. Data on demographics and asthma control (ACQ-5) were obtained. Symptoms of anxiety and depression were assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-A and D, respectively) and defined as being present on both subscales if a score >7 was obtained. Spirometry, diagnostic asthma test, and measurement of fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) were conducted.

Results
A total of 109 women with asthma were included (mean age 31.8 ± 4.6 and BMI 25.5 ± 4.6). Most women had male factor infertility (36.4%) or unexplained infertility (35.5%). Twenty-two percent of the patients reported uncontrolled asthma (ACQ-5 score > 1.5). The mean HADS-A and HADS-D scores were 6.0 ± 3.8 (95% CI 5.3–6.7) and 2.5 ± 2.2 (95% CI 2.1–3.0), respectively. Thirty (28.0%) women reported anxiety symptoms, and four (3.7%) had concomitant depressive symptoms. Uncontrolled asthma was significantly associated with both depressive (p = 0.04) and anxiety symptoms (p = 0.03).

Conclusions
More than 25% of women with asthma prior to fertility treatment had self-reported symptoms of anxiety, and just below 5% had self-reported depressive symptoms, possibly related to uncontrolled asthma.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer2221376
TidsskriftEuropean Clinical Respiratory Journal
Vol/bind10
Udgave nummer1
Antal sider9
ISSN2001-8525
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2023

Bibliografisk note

Funding Information:
The clinical trial PRO-ART is financed by a grant from Novartis, and the study drug omalizumab is provided by Norvartis (CIGE025ADK01T PROART). CSU has outside the submitted work received personal fees from AZ, TEVA, Novartis, Pfizer, GSK, Takeda, BI, Berlin Chemie, Sanofi, Covis Pharma and Orion Pharma. The authors (EYH, AVH, CT, NLF, HSN & VB) declare that they also have no conflict of interests in relation to this manuscript.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

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