Efectos de la rehabilitación pulmonar en la capacidad funcional y calidad de vida en pacientes con enfermedad pulmonar intersticial difusa con y sin uso de oxígeno domiciliario

Abstract

IntroductionDiffuse Interstitial Pulmonary Disease is a group of diseases that cause a disorder of aerobic capacity and quality of life, also cause a high rate of morbidity and mortality for this population. The use of home oxygen therapy has benefits that have not yet been compared in pulmonary rehabilitation programs. ObjectiveTo determine the effects of a pulmonary rehabilitation program on functional capacity and health-related quality of life in patients with diffuse interstitial lung disease with and without the use of home oxygen. Materials and methodsQuasi-experimental study, all patients for convenience who signed the informed consent. They were divided into two groups: with and without home oxygen, evaluated before and after pulmonary rehabilitation in clinical variables, functional capacity and quality of life. Results31 patients were linked, divided into two groups with oxygen and without home oxygen, the largest participation was men, average age 56 years, it was obtained that the majority had gone to the emergency room. Both groups presented improvements in the distance traveled and in anxiety p-value≤0.05. The quality of life presented significant improvements by domain in both groups p-value≤0.05. ConclusionThe ILD group with home oxygen use presents greater changes in functional capacity. Regarding quality of life, the ILD group without home oxygen use significantly improved the activities domain of the SGRQ and the ILD group with home oxygen use showed improvement in the symptoms and impact domains.