Correlation between utilization of chronic disease resources and quality of life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients

Abstract

Objective To investigate the status quo of utilization of chronic disease resources and quality of life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients, and explore the correlation between them. Methods A total of 394 patients with COPD were investigated by the general information question, the Chronic Illness Resources Survey and COPD Assessment Test (CAT). Results The CAT score of COPD patients was (21.33 ± 7.14) points. Among 394 COPD patients, 63 patients (16.0%) had ideal utilization of chronic disease resources, and 331 patients (84.0%) did not, the highest dimension of each dimension score was 3.33 points for the health care team (interquartile range 2.67-3.67 points), and the lowest score was 1.67 points for the organization (interquartile range 1.00-2.00 points). Except media policy and quality of life were not relevant, all other dimensions were negatively correlated with CAT scores in COPD patients (r=-0.368--0.169, all P<0.05). Linear regression analysis showed that the factors affecting the quality of life of COPD patients were: health care team, family and friends, individual coping (P<0.05). Conclusions COPD patients with quality of life and chronic disease resources should be improved, medical staff should pay more attentions to patients in communication and guidance, and encourage the support of family and friends, in particular, pay attentions to patients with poor attitude, thus improving the quality of life of patients. Key words: Quality of life; Pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive; Inpatients