Introduction:

Bronchial dilatation (BD) is a chronic pulmonary pathology that can be associated with anxiety disorders and an alteration in the quality of life of patients. Detecting these anxiety disorders may be necessary in the overall management of a patient with BD.

Methods: Descriptive study with analytical aim of the data collected from 61 patients followed for bronchial dilatation at the Hassan II hospital of Agadir. 

Results:

 The mean age of our patients was 44.22 years. The sex ratio was 1.2 in favor of men. Anxiety and depression were assessed in 20.75% of patients and anxiety in 19.29%. We studied the quality of life of the patients with the Saint-Georges questionnaire. The results showed a mean score for symptoms (23.81%), activities (40.77%), impacts (37.8%) and the mean total score (40.32%). The comparison of patients with an anxiety disorder with those without an anxiety disorder showed that the subjects with an anxiety disorder had a symptomatology made up essentially of dyspnoea (p = 0.001) and chronic respiratory insufficiency at the stage of home oxygen therapy (p = 0.009). In the same way, the comparison of patients with a depressive disorder compared to patients without depressive disorder had found a predominance of dyspnea (p = 0.003) and a chronic respiratory failure essentially in subjects with depressive disorder.

Conclusion:

Symptoms of depression and anxiety are common in patients with BD. Early detection is necessary for the global management of these patients.