scholarly journals Functional capacity, physical activity, and quality of life in hypoxemic patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

2015 ◽  
pp. 423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melda Saglam ◽  
Naciye Vardar-Yagli ◽  
Sema Savci ◽  
Deniz Inal-Ince ◽  
Ebru Calik-Kutukcu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Depression in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: relationship with functional capacity and quality of life

Physiotherapy ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
pp. e1290-e1291
Author(s):  
L.C.L. Orlandi ◽  
J.F. Pinho da Silva ◽  
M.G. Ramos Murad ◽  
F. Lopes Rocha ◽  
M.G. Rodrigues Machado
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

scholarly journals The boundaries of mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): design of the searching clinical COPD onset (SOON) study

BMJ Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. e015731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gonzalo Labarca ◽  
Andrea Bustamante ◽  
Gonzalo Valdivia ◽  
Rodrigo Díaz ◽  
Álvaro Huete ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Airway Disease ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Peripheral Muscle ◽  
Early Grade

IntroductionClinical onset of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the point at which the disease is first identifiable by physicians. It is a poorly defined stage which seems to include both mild spirometric and non-spirometric disease, and could be described as early grade COPD, for practical purposes. While dyspnoea; chronic bronchitis and CT imaging evidence of emphysema and airway disease may be present very early, the lone significance of dyspnoea, the most relevant symptom in COPD in identifying these individuals, has been scarcely assessed.The Searching Clinical COPD Onset (SOON) Study was designed primarily to detect clinical, physiological and structural differences between dyspnoeic and non-dyspnoeic individuals with early grade COPD. It is hypothesised that presence of dyspnoea in early disease may identify a subtype of individuals with reduced exercise capacity, notwithstanding of their spirometry results. In addition, dyspnoeic individuals will share worse quality of life, lower physical activity, greater lung hyperinflation greater emphysema and airway thickness and reduced peripheral muscle mass than their non-dyspnoeic counterpart.Methods and analysisSOON is a monocentric study, with a cross sectional design aimed at obtaining representative samples of current or ex-smoker-adults aged ≥45 and ≤80 years. Two hundred and forty participants will be enrolled into four strata, according to normal spirometry or mild spirometric obstruction and presence or not of dyspnoea modified Medical Research Council score ≥1. The primary outcome will be the difference between dyspnoeic and non-dyspnoeic individuals on the 6-min walk test performance, regardless of their spirometry results. To account for the confounding effect of heart failure on dyspnoea, stress echocardiography will be also performed. Secondary outcomes will include clinical (quality of life, physical activity), physiological (exercise testing) and structural characteristics (emphysema, airway disease and peripheral muscle mass by CT imaging).Ethics and disseminationThe Institutional Ethics Committee from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile has approved the study protocol and signed informed consent will be obtained from all participants. The findings of the trial will be disseminated through relevant peer-reviewed journals and international conference presentations.Trial registration numberNCT03026439.

scholarly journals An Exploration of the Application of Step Counter-Based Physical Activity Promotion Programs in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyu Han ◽  
Peijun Li ◽  
Yahui Yang ◽  
Xiaodan Liu ◽  
Jun Xia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Exercise Capacity ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Step Counter

Objective: This paper aimed to systematically review the application methods and components of step counter-based physical activity (PA) promotion programs in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The effects of longer-duration (≥12 weeks) programs on PA, exercise capacity, quality of life, and dyspnea were discussed.Methods: This review was performed in accordance with the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis. Online data resources PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and EBSCO were searched. The publication year was limited between January 2000 to August 2020. All randomized controlled trials with ≥12-week duration of step counter-based PA promotion programs of COPD were included. Two researchers independently assessed the quality of the included studies and extracted their characteristics.Results: Nine studies involving 1,450 participants were included. Step counters, counseling, exercise goals, diaries, and tele-communicational approaches were common components of these programs. The PA feedback tools were mostly pedometers (n = 8), whereas accelerometers were often used as assessment tools of PA (n = 5). All studies implemented counseling: five applied behavioral change theories, and three reported motivational interview techniques simultaneously. Six studies reported detailed exercise goals. The usual exercise goal was to reach a total of 8,000–10,000 steps/day. Three research studies used diaries, and five applied tele-communication approaches to deliver interventions. The programs could be implemented alone (n = 4), in combination with exercise training (n = 2), or with pulmonary rehabilitation (n = 2). All studies showed a significant increase in the PA (≥793 steps/day). Three studies observed a significant improvement in exercise capacity (≥13.4 m), and two reported a significant increase in the quality of life (p < 0.05). No study showed significant between-group differences in dyspnea.Conclusion: There are a few studies assessing the impact of long-duration (≥12 weeks) step counter-based interventions in COPD, with different methodologies, although all studies included counseling and exercise goal setting. These interventions seem to have a positive effect on PA. A few studies also showed benefit on exercise capacity and quality of life.

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