dc.contributor | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) | |
dc.contributor | Sch Phys Therapy | |
dc.contributor | Unisalesiano Lins | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-05-20T15:32:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-05-20T15:32:37Z | |
dc.date.created | 2014-05-20T15:32:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-01-01 | |
dc.identifier | Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia. Brasilia Df: Soc Brasileira Pneumologia Tisiologia, v. 36, n. 1, p. 37-43, 2010. | |
dc.identifier | 1806-3713 | |
dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/11449/41481 | |
dc.identifier | S1806-37132010000100008 | |
dc.identifier | WOS:000274757800008 | |
dc.identifier | S1806-37132010000100008-pt.pdf | |
dc.identifier | S1806-37132010000100008-en.pdf | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: To evaluate the health status (HS) of COPD patients and to identify the main predictors of HS in these patients according to gender. Methods: The study included 90 COPD patients (60 males and 30 females; mean age = 64 +/- 9 years) with a wide range of airway obstruction disorders (mean FEV(1) = 56 +/- 19% of predicted). The men were individually matched to the women by % of predicted FEV(1) (ratio: 2:1). The patients were assessed regarding body composition; six-minute walk distance; perception of dyspnea using the Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea Scale; Saint George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ); Charlson comorbidity index; and the multidimensional Body mass index, airway Obstruction, Dyspnea, and Exercise capacity (BODE) index. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed to identify the predictors of HS by gender. Results: Impairment of HS was greater among the women than among the men for SGRQ total score and for all SGRQ domains (total: 51 +/- 18% vs. 38 19%; p = 0.002; symptoms: 61 +/- 22% vs. 42 +/- 21%; p < 0.001; activity: 62 +/- 18% vs. 49 +/- 21%; p = 0.004; and impact: 41 +/- 19% vs. 27 +/- 18%; p = 0.001). The multiple linear regression showed that age and perception of dyspnea correlated with SGRQ total score for both genders (males, r(2) = 0.42; females, r(2) = 0.70; p < 0.05). Conclusions: Our results showed an association between gender and HS in COPD patients. Age and dyspnea are determinants of HS in both genders. | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | Soc Brasileira Pneumologia Tisiologia | |
dc.relation | Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia | |
dc.relation | 1.532 | |
dc.relation | 0,448 | |
dc.rights | Acesso aberto | |
dc.source | Web of Science | |
dc.subject | Pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive | |
dc.subject | Health status | |
dc.subject | Dyspnea | |
dc.title | Gender differences in predictors of health status in patients with COPD | |
dc.type | Artículos de revistas | |