Relationship between Quality of Life and Disease Severity in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Marya Bakhshandeh Bavarsad; Esmaeil Eidani; Shariati Abdolali; Mahmood Latifi

Jundishapur Journal of Chronic Disease Care

The Official Journal of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences

Current Issue All Issues In Press Accepted Manuscripts Search

Journal Information Editors & Boards Indexing and Listing Sources Journal Metrics Open Peer Review (OPR)Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement Contact Us Reviewer and AE Registration Form Support

APC

Authors Guide Submit Manuscript

Relationship between Quality of Life and Disease Severity in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Author(s):

Marya Bakhshandeh Bavarsad¹,

Esmaeil Eidani²,

Shariati Abdolali^1,*,

Mahmood Latifi³

1Department of Nursing School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

2Department of Intermist Pulmonologist, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

3Department of Statistics, School of Health, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Jundishapur Journal of Chronic Disease Care:Vol. 1, issue 2; e94248

Published online:Aug 18, 2012

Article type:Research Article

Received:May 22, 2019

Accepted:Mar 12, 2012

How to Cite:Marya Bakhshandeh BavarsadEsmaeil EidaniShariati AbdolaliMahmood LatifiRelationship between Quality of Life and Disease Severity in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Jundishapur J Chronic Dis Care.1(2):e94248.

Abstract

Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is currently the fourth cause of mortality worldwide. Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease experience periods of dyspnea and disability, which lead to a worsening of their quality of life. This study aimed to evaluate correlation between quality of life and disease severity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Materials & Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 40 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease referred to the hospitals affiliated to Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences were recruited. St. George's quality of life questionnaire was applied to collect data. Data was analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics in SPSS software version 16.

Results: The result revealed that the quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is low in all levels of disease. There was a significant relationship between total scores of the quality of life and its two dimensions (activity and symptom) with disease severity (p<0.05). Whereas no significant relations were observed between the impacting dimension and disease severity.

Conclusion: The quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease deteriorates by increasing disease severity.

Keywords

Quality of life

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Disease severity

Fulltext

This part is available in the PDF file.

References

1.
The references are available in the PDF file.

comments