scholarly journals Gender Differences in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Symptom Clusters

2021 ◽  
Vol Volume 16 ◽  
pp. 1101-1107
Author(s):  
Haihong Zhang ◽  
Fang Wu ◽  
Hongli Yi ◽  
Dongjuan Xu ◽  
Nana Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Symptom Clusters ◽  
Disease Symptom ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

scholarly journals Gender differences in the management and experience of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

2004 ◽  
Vol 98 (12) ◽  
pp. 1207-1213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Watson ◽  
Jorgen Vestbo ◽  
Dirkje S Postma ◽  
Marc Decramer ◽  
Stephen Rennard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

scholarly journals Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A review about gender differences

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Raquel Barros ◽  
Carolina Santos ◽  
Tiago Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

scholarly journals Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Symptom Cluster Composition, Associated Factors, and Methodologies: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 019394592199577
Author(s):  
Fei Fei ◽  
Jonathan Koffman ◽  
Xiaohan Zhang ◽  
Wei Gao
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Statistical Methods ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Symptom Clusters ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Design Assessment

This systematic review details symptom clusters, their compositions, and associated factors and appraises the methodologies of studies that reported symptom clusters in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Ten studies were eligible for inclusion in this study. Four common symptom clusters were identified. Two theoretical frameworks, four statistical methods, and various symptom assessment tools were used to identify symptom clusters. Factors associated with symptom clusters included demographic, clinical, and biological factors. No studies examined the subjective experiences of symptom clusters. Overall, inconsistencies were identified in the composition of symptom clusters across studies. This may be due to variations in study design, assessment tools, and statistical methods. Future studies should attempt to arrive at a common definition, especially that is theoretically derived, for symptom clusters, standardize the criteria for symptoms for inclusion in the clusters, and focus on patients’ subjective experience to inform which clusters are clinically relevant.

Symptom Clusters and Health-related Quality of Life in Chinese patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 437-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maochun Wu ◽  
Tao Zan ◽  
Qiheng Zhao ◽  
Song Ge ◽  
Kun Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Symptom Clusters ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

This study aimed to identify symptom clusters of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and to examine the relationship between symptom clusters and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). It included 154 hospitalized patients with COPD. The majority of the participants (88.6%) were aged 60 years and above, and the numbers of men and women were approximately equal (men: 55.2%). The Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), the Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale (MSAS), and the Chinese version of the Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ) were used to evaluate comorbidity, participant’s symptoms, and HRQoL, respectively. Five symptom clusters were identified using exploratory factor analysis, and symptom clusters, especially the Psychological, Pain and Fatigue, GI, and Dyspnea-Sweat symptom clusters, had negative effects on HRQoL in patients with COPD. Understanding the patterns and occurrences of symptom clusters could be essential for developing effective interventions to manage COPD symptoms and improve the patients’ HRQoL.

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