A Comparison of Pain, Fatigue, Dyspnea and their Impact on Quality of Life in Pulmonary Rehabilitation Participants with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

A Comparison of Pain, Fatigue, Dyspnea and their Impact on Quality of Life in Pulmonary Rehabilitation Participants with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. COPD. 2017 Dec 11;:1-8 Authors: Chen YW, Camp PG, Coxson HO, Road JD, Guenette JA, Hunt MA, Reid WD Abstract In addition to dyspnea and fatigue, pain is a prevalent symptom in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Understanding the relative prevalence, magnitude, and interference with aspects of daily living of these symptoms can improve COPD management. Therefore, the purposes of this study were to: (1) compare the prevalence and magnitude of dyspnea, fatigue, and pain and how each limits aspects of daily living; (2) determine the association between pain and the other two symptoms; and (3) assess the impact of these symptoms on quality of life in COPD. Participants were recruited from pulmonary rehabilitation programs. Pain, dyspnea, and fatigue were measured using the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI), and Dyspnea Inventory (DI), respectively. Quality of life was measured using the Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ). The prevalence of dyspnea, fatigue, and pain were 93%, 77%, and 74%, respectively. Individuals with COPD reported similar severity scores of the three symptoms. Dyspnea interfered with general activity more than pain (F1.7,79.9 = 3.1, p < 0.05), whilst pain interfered with mood (F1.8, 82.7 = 3.6, p < 0.05) and sleep (F1,46 =...
Source: COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: COPD Source Type: research