Effects of self-managed, home-based pulmonary rehabilitation on quality of life and motor ability in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in rural areas
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2019.14.002
- VernacularTitle:以自我管理为主的家庭肺康复对农村地区COPD患者生活质量与运动能力的影响
- Author:
Fangli LI
1
;
Yunyan XIANYU
;
Xiaoli CHEN
Author Information
1. 武汉大学人民医院耳鼻喉科
- Keywords:
Pulmonary disease,chronic obstructive;
Quality of life;
Self-managed;
Home-based pulmonary rehabilitation;
Rural area
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2019;25(14):1721-1726
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective? To explore the effects of self-managed, home-based pulmonary rehabilitation on quality of life and motor ability in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in rural areas. Methods? Totally 92 patients from rural areas diagnosed with COPD in inpatient or outpatient department of two county-level hospitals in Hubei province from October 2016 to November 2017 were selected using convenient sampling and divided into the experimental group (n=46) and the control group (n=46) according to the random number table. Patients in the control group received conventional diagnosis, treatment and nursing care, while patients in the experimental group received self-managed, home-based pulmonary rehabilitation for 13 weeks besides the conventional intervention. St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) and Six Minutes Walking Test (6MWT) were used to evaluate and compare the quality and life and motor ability of the two groups before and after intervention. Results? A total of 74 COPD patients completed the study with 38 in the treatment group and 36 in the control group. There was no statistically significant difference in general information, SGRQ scores or 6 MWT between the two groups before intervention (P＞0.05); the SGRQ score of the treatment group was lower than that of the control group after intervention with statistical significance(P＜0.05). The 6 MWT of the treatment group was higher than that of the control group after intervention(P＜0.05). Conclusions? Self-managed, home-based pulmonary rehabilitation can improve the quality of life and motor ability of COPD patients in rural areas.
