1. Quality of life and its associated factors for mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients of urban community settings
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Na Wang, Kang Wu, Tian Xiao, Xiaonan Ruan, Yue Chen, Qi Zhao, Hua Qiu, and Chaowei Fu
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Advanced and Specialized Nursing ,medicine.medical_specialty ,COPD ,China ,Exacerbation ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Psychological intervention ,Physical examination ,Disease ,Odds ratio ,medicine.disease ,Logistic regression ,humanities ,Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Quality of life ,Internal medicine ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,medicine ,Quality of Life ,Humans ,business - Abstract
BACKGROUND Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a serious disease with impaired quality of life (QoL). Few studies have focused on the QoL for mild COPD patients in Chinese urban communities. This study aimed to evaluate the QoL and explore its associated factors among patients with mild COPD in Shanghai. METHODS A cross-sectional survey of 275 mild COPD patients was conducted in 6 communities of Pudong New Area in Shanghai, China, in 2016. Data on socioeconomic and health conditions were acquired through a face-to-face interview and a physical examination. EuroQoL five-dimension questionnaire (EQ-5D)- Chinese version was applied to evaluate their QoL. Logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and their 95% CI for risk factors associated with QoL. RESULTS Among 275 subjects, the overall visual analog scale score and utility of QoL were 70.6 and 0.889, respectively. Logistic regression analysis indicated that exacerbation in recent year were negatively associated with the top 25% utility of QoL (OR =2.02, 95% CI: 1.03-3.97), and the worse exercise capacity (distance of 6-minute walking test
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- 2019