Abstract

The effect of mental and physical health on the feelings of subject welfare is known as health-related quality of life. The chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a common respiratory diseases. Assessment of health-related quality of life is considered important in such chronic disease. The objective of the current study was to measure health-related quality of life in a sample of chronic obstructive pulmonary patients in AL- Diwanyia city/Iraq. This study was carried out on 150 already diagnosed COPD patients who attended to the Center of Respiratory Diseases/AL-Diwaniyah Teaching Hospital during September 2019 to January 2020. The Arabic version of St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire was used to assess the health-related quality of life. The mean symptoms score was 48.65 ±7.17, the mean activity score was 62.39 ±5.81, the mean impact score was 42.83 ±7.90 and the total score 49.58 ±4.82. Symptom score is predicted by disease duration (negatively) and hospital admission (positively), activity score and impact score cannot be predicted by any of independent variables and total score is predicted by forced expiratory volume in the first second (negatively) and hospital admission (positively).

Highlights

  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease characterized by chronic respiratory symptoms with poorly reversible restriction of airflow that is typically progressive

  • COPD progressively impairs patients’ ability to carry out activities of daily living and reduces breathing capacity [5], so the patients will undergo a progressive decline in their lung function due to the disease’s’ symptoms, which will subsequently reduce their Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) [6]

  • The current study showed HRQOL of COPD patients involved in the current study could not be predicted by that age, gender, BMI, education level, and smoking

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Summary

Introduction

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease characterized by chronic respiratory symptoms with poorly reversible restriction of airflow that is typically progressive. COPD affects about 600 million patients worldwide and is a growing concern in the elderly with rising numbers of COPD patients aged 65 or older [3]. Was adapted from the more general and wideranging concept quality of life (QOL). The HRQOL is defined as: "The extent to which patient's usual or expected physical, emotional and social well-being are affected by a medical condition or its treatment" [4]. COPD progressively impairs patients’ ability to carry out activities of daily living and reduces breathing capacity [5], so the patients will undergo a progressive decline in their lung function due to the disease’s’ symptoms (shortness of breath, wheezing, cough, etc.), which will subsequently reduce their HRQOL [6]

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