Influência de variáveis funcionais e clínicas na qualidade de vida de pacientes com DPOC

• Main Authors: Eloisa Sanches Pereira do Nascimento, Fabiana Sobral Peixoto-Souza, Fernanda de Córdoba Lanza, Vera Lucia Santos Alves, Roberto Stirbulov, Dirceu Costa
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Nove de Julho 2014-01-01
• Series: ConScientiae Saúde
• Online Access: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=92931451010
• ISSN: 1677-1028; 1983-9324

Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is characterized by chronic airflow limitation that is not fully reversible. Patients often present exercise intolerance, dyspnea and poorer quality of life. Objective: To evaluate the correlation of spirometric variables, functional capacity and i-BODE index with quality of life in patients with COPD. Methods: Cross-sectional study carried out in the Laboratory of Functional Assessment of Respiratory, Uninove. The 23 patients with COPD underwent the following evaluations: medical history, quality of life and dyspnea, spirometry, body composition and incremental shuttle walk test. Results: There was a significant correlation between SF-36 and AQ-20 with pulmonary function, the walking distance and the i-BODE, and the variables that presented more membership contribution to quality of life were BMI, fat mass, FEV1, walking distance and i-BODE index. Conclusions: Patients with COPD with more impaired quality of life have greater impairment of lung function, reduced exercise capacity and poor survival.