Qualidade de vida, força muscular e intensidade de dispneia em pacientes com doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Natali Caroline da [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Ambrozin, Alexandre Ricardo Pepe [UNESP], Mitsuya, Marcia Maria Faganello [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo de conferência
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://200.145.6.205/index.php/congressoextensao/8congressoextensao/paper/view/606; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/142534
• topic: COPD; Quality of life; Dyspnea; DPOC; Qualidade de vida; Dispneia

Introduction: The Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is characterized by airflow limitation progressively associated with an inflammatory response of the lungs. Its cycle can lead to shortness of breath during exercise and its associated effects lead to a decline in the quality of life of patients, which can be assessed by questionnaires. One way to measure the functional capacity of the individual with COPD is the six minutes walk test (6MWT) that matches most of the activities carried out in day-to-day. Thus, it is important to include COPD patients in rehabilitation programs to reduce morbidity, mortality and the socioeconomic impact of the disease. Objective: Correlate the intensity of dyspnea, peripheral and respiratory muscle strength, functional capacity and quality of life in patients with COPD enrolled in a pulmonary rehabilitation program. Methods: Were evaluated 11 subjects who had COPD confirmed by spirometry and were included in the rehabilitation program of UNESP Marilia. Were assessed BMI, peripheral muscle strength, manovacuometry, applied BDI, MMRC, AQ20, held the 6-minute walk test and calculated the BODE index. Results: After the data is correlated, the following significant results among the variables were obtained: FEV1 versus BDI: r=0,71 and p=0,03; FEV1 versus MIP: r=-0,71 and p=0,03; FEV1 versus Borg D: r=-0,83 and p=0.006; FEV1 versus MMRC: r=-0,66 and p=0,05; BODE versus Handgrip: r=-0,72 and p=0,04; BDI versus 6MWT: r=0,63 and p=0,05. Conclusion: We concluded that dyspnea is a major factor to reduced quality of life of COPD patients by its direct relationship in functional capacity, strength and airflow obstruction of these individuals.