Anxiety and depression in adolescents with asthma and in their parents. Is an increased basal cholinergic tone a possible further reason to explain the negative impact on asthma control?

https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2020.1233
  • Gennaro Liccardi | gennaro.liccardi@tin.it Postgraduate School of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy.
  • Luigino Calzetta Postgraduate School of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Experimental Medicine; Department of Experimental Medicine, Unit of Respiratory Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy.
  • Manlio Milanese Division of Pulmonology, S. Corona Hospital, Pietra Ligure, Italy.
  • Maria Beatrice Bilò Allergy Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Ospedali Riuniti, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy.
  • Maria Vittoria Liccardi Psychologist, Naples, Italy.
  • Maria Gabriella Matera Department of Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Italy.
  • Paola Rogliani Postgraduate School of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Experimental Medicine; Department of Experimental Medicine, Unit of Respiratory Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy.

Abstract

To the Editor

We read with interest the excellent article of Licari et al.  reporting that anxiety and depression are common in adolescents suffering from asthma as well as in their parents, mainly in mothers. The consequence of this relationship is that emotional disorders might negatively affect also the control of asthma.

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Published
2020-04-08
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Vol. 90 No. 1 (2020)
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Letters to the Editor
Keywords:
adolescents, anxiety, asthma control, bronchial asthma, increased cholinergic tone, depression, hypersensitivity, psychological distress
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Liccardi, G., Calzetta, L., Milanese, M., Bilò, M. B., Liccardi, M. V., Matera, M. G., & Rogliani, P. (2020). Anxiety and depression in adolescents with asthma and in their parents. Is an increased basal cholinergic tone a possible further reason to explain the negative impact on asthma control?. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 90(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2020.1233

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