Knowledge about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients with different levels of physical activity

• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Hortência Vilione Pereira de
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Garcia, Rejanny Duque Thomaz, Rabahi, Marcelo Fouad, Corrêa, Krislainy de Sousa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Eletrônica de Enfermagem
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufg.br/fen/article/view/57637
• topic: Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; Exercise; Knowledge; Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica; Exercício Físico; Conhecimento

The aim of this study was to identify and compare the level of knowledge about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in active, sedentary and severely inactive individuals. This is a cross-sectional study with individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. A clinical evaluation form, the Bristol COPD Knowledge Questionnaire, and pedometers (step counter) were used for data collection. Of the 75 individuals evaluated, 70.7% were severely inactive. There was a low level of knowledge about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (48.51 ± 9.08%), and it was found that active, sedentary and severely inactive individuals have a similar level of knowledge about the disease (50.19 ± 11.18% vs 46.48 ± 8.16% vs 48.79 ± 9.06%, p=0.68). It is concluded, therefore, that individuals with active, sedentary and severely inactive chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have similar and reduced knowledge about the disease.