scholarly journals Informal caregivers of patients with COPD: Home Sweet Home?

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (137) ◽  
pp. 498-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nienke Nakken ◽  
Daisy J.A. Janssen ◽  
Esther H.A. van den Bogaart ◽  
Emiel F.M. Wouters ◽  
Frits M.E. Franssen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Support ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Informal Caregivers ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Subjective Burden ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Anxiety Depression ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Optimal Quality

The burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on society is increasing. Healthcare systems should support patients with COPD in achieving an optimal quality of life, while limiting the costs of care. As a consequence, a shift from hospital care to home care seems inevitable. Therefore, patients will have to rely to a greater extent on informal caregivers. Patients with COPD as well as their informal caregivers are confronted with multiple limitations in activities of daily living. The presence of an informal caregiver is important to provide practical help and emotional support. However, caregivers can be overprotective, which can make patients more dependent. Informal caregiving may lead to symptoms of anxiety, depression, social isolation and a changed relationship with the patient. The caregivers' subjective burden is a major determinant of the impact of caregiving. Therefore, the caregiver's perception of the patient's health is an important factor. This article reviews the current knowledge about these informal caregivers of patients with COPD, the impact of COPD on their lives and their perception of the patient's health status.

scholarly journals The observational, cross sectional study to assess quality of life on patient suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in tertiary care hospital

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 162
Author(s):  
Kavita S. Joshi ◽  
Prasad R. Amrale ◽  
Sagar S. Ahire
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
The Impact

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients often present considerable individual medical burden in their symptoms, limitations, and well-being that complicate medical treatment. Quality of life (QOL) is an important aspect for measuring the impact of chronic diseases. HRQOL measurement facilitates the evaluation of efficacy of medical interventions and also the detection of groups at risk of psychological or behavioural problems.Methods: COPD patient attending the OPD/IPD are screened as per inclusion and exclusion criteria. After obtaining a written informed consent of eligible patient, they were enrolled in the study. QOL of patient is assessed based on a set of questionnaire i.e. COPD Assessment Test™ (CAT). The questionnaire was translated to Hindi and Marathi. Socio demographic variable like age, sex, education occupation and income are also collected. All 8 questions related to health-improvement and management of COPD. CAT scores were given to each question according to the level of impact.Results: In the total score of CAT we observed that there were 2.04% patients with very good QOL, 25.51% with good QOL, 61.22% with moderate QOL and 11.22% with poor QOL.Conclusions: We conclude that the quality of life is moderate in larger number of patient’s population. The most affected domain was the patient’s energy level. The patients enrolled had COPD from long period of time which might have affected their answer because they have been habitual with the difficulties arising from COPD.

scholarly journals Effects of Air Pollutants on Airway Diseases

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (18) ◽  
pp. 9905
Author(s):  
Yun-Gi Lee ◽  
Pureun-Haneul Lee ◽  
Seon-Muk Choi ◽  
Min-Hyeok An ◽  
An-Soo Jang
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Air Pollutants ◽  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Airway Diseases ◽  
Biological Contaminants ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
The Impact

Air pollutants include toxic particles and gases emitted in large quantities from many different combustible materials. They also include particulate matter (PM) and ozone, and biological contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, which can penetrate the human airway and reach the bloodstream, triggering airway inflammation, dysfunction, and fibrosis. Pollutants that accumulate in the lungs exacerbate symptoms of respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Asthma, a heterogeneous disease with complex pathological mechanisms, is characterized by particular symptoms such as shortness of breath, a tight chest, coughing, and wheezing. Patients with COPD often experience exacerbations and worsening of symptoms, which may result in hospitalization and disease progression. PM varies in terms of composition, and can include solid and liquid particles of various sizes. PM concentrations are higher in urban areas. Ozone is one of the most toxic photochemical air pollutants. In general, air pollution decreases quality of life and life expectancy. It exacerbates acute and chronic respiratory symptoms in patients with chronic airway diseases, and increases the morbidity and risk of hospitalization associated with respiratory diseases. However, the mechanisms underlying these effects remain unclear. Therefore, we reviewed the impact of air pollutants on airway diseases such as asthma and COPD, focusing on their underlying mechanisms.

The Impact of Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) on Functional Status and Quality of Life of Patients

CHEST Journal ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 142 (4) ◽  
pp. 728A
Author(s):  
Drosos Tsavlis ◽  
Mamas Theodorou ◽  
Anna Tzoumaka ◽  
Hellie Lithoxopoulou ◽  
Panagiotis Minogiannis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Functional Status ◽  
Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Predictors of quality of life of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

2019 ◽  
Vol 76 (7) ◽  
pp. 716-722
Author(s):  
Sladjana Vasiljevic ◽  
Marina Petrovic ◽  
Aleksandra Cvetkovic ◽  
Vesna Paunovic ◽  
Darko Mikic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Family History ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Financial Status ◽  
Group I ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Impact

Background/Aim. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has a significant impact on quality of life of patients. We investigated which demographic and social characteristics can predict the global quality of life (QoL) of COPD patients. Methods. The patients (n = 288) were divided into three groups according to the stage of disease: Group I = stage 0 ? at risk; Group II = Stages I and II; Group III = stages III and IV. The patients fulfilled a questionnaire related to the demographic and social characteristics and the validated multidimensional questionnaire ? Serbian version of the St. George?s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ). The Student?s t test, ?? test, ANOVA, univariate and multivariate logistic regression tests were used for statistical analyses. Results. In the group I, prevailed the men, employed persons, with a moderate financial status and no family history of COPD. In the group II dominated women, pensioners, with a moderate financial status, duration of illness up to five years, and no family history of COPD. In the group III prevailed women, unemployed persons, a moderate financial status, COPD duration up to 5 years and no family history of COPD. The predictors of the Symptoms score were grades of COPD and duration of the disease, and the predictors of Activity grades of COPD, sex, age and financial status. All variables were found to have a statistically significant relationship in the Impact score in the pre-analyses, were also significant in the univariate regression model. They were age, employement status, financial status and COPD duration. The same predictors that significantly contributed to the explanation of the Impact score, contributed to the explanation of the Total score on SGRQ. In the multivariate regression model, the predictors of the Activity score, Impacts score and Total score were the COPD grade and financial status; only the COPD grade contributed to the explanation of the Symptoms score. Conclusion. Financial status is the most important social factor, and the grade of COPD is the best disease-related predictor of QoL of COPD patients.

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