Quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Pulmonary Community Health Centre Makassar

Abstract

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that causes damage to lung conditions such as dyspnea that affects to social and psychological life of the sufferer which overall affects the quality of life. This reaserch aims to focuses on factors related to the quality of life patients with COPD at the Pulmonary Community Health Center, Makassar.Methods: This study used cross sectional study design. Population in this research were patients with COPD who undergo treatment period of October-December 2017 that was as much as 381. Sampling was done by consecutive sampling with total sampel 160 responden. Data analysis consisted of univariate, bivariate with chi square test and multivariate analysis with logistic regression.Results: The results showed that some respondents had poor quality of life (63.8%) and other respondents had a good quality of life (36.3%). Factors related to quality of life were the severity of COPD (p=0.028), comorbidity (p=0.001) and quality of sleep (p=0.005). A multivariate analysis showed that patients with comorbidity were at risk 2,716 times to have poor quality of life.Conclusions: The severity of COPD, comorbidity and quality of sleep were related to have poor quality of life. Patients with COPD should early diagnosis of severity and should change their lifestyle better so as not to aggravate the quality of life.

The effect of repeated education using live demonstrations and videos of how to use inhalation drugs on quality of life for COPD patients

“…Proper inhaler technique is not the only factor that can improve patients' quality of life. Other factors can influence the quality of life in COPD patients, such as the severity of the disease ( Irianti et al., 2018 ), the presence of comorbidities ( Galal et al. 2018 ; Kwon and Kim, 2016 ), the patient's lifestyle ( Savchenko and Kaidashev, 2018 ), the patient's mental condition ( Ekici et al., 2015 ; Kwon and Kim, 2016 ), body mass index ( Esteban et al., 2020 ), and adherence to treatment regimens ( Takemura et al., 2011 ); these factors were not examined in this study.…”

“…Proper inhaler technique is not the only factor that can improve patients' quality of life. Other factors can influence the quality of life in COPD patients, such as the severity of the disease (Irianti et al, 2018), the presence of comorbidities (Galal, Mohammad, Nada, & Mohran 2018;Kwon & Kim, 2016), the patient's lifestyle (Savchenko, L. V., & Kaidashev, I. P., 2018), the patient's mental condition (Ekici et al, 2015;Kwon & Kim, 2016), body mass index (Esteban et al, 2020), and adherence to treatment regimens (Takemura et al, 2011); these factors were not examined in this study. Despite these limitations, our study gives preliminary data that counseling through direct demonstration and J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f subsequently maintained by online short educational videos made by the researchers for each inhaler type showed promising results in improving the proper inhaler technique and patients' quality of life.…”

Efektivitas Pengobatan pada Pasien Penyakit Paru Obstruksi Kronis (PPOK) di Rumah Sakit Wilayah Yogyakarta

“…Penyakit penyerta yang banyak ditemui pada PPOK yaitu hipertensi dan sindrom metabolik. Derajat keparahan sedang (51,28%) mendominasi karakteristik penelitian ini, dan dapat berkaitan dengan menurunnya kualitas tidur dan kualitas hidup yang buruk, karena pasien mengalami gejala seperti batuk, produksi sputum, dyspenea yang dapat mempengaruhi hasil terapi pengobatan 23 .…”

Decreasing degrees of dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients through combination of breathing exercises and relaxation

“…2,3 Almost 90% of COPD deaths occur in Lower-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), with Indonesia being one of the countries included in the category of high risk. [4][5][6] Socio-economic conditions are the main determinants in determining health status. Thus, there is a strong relationship between socioeconomic conditions and the prevalence of COPD, with high rates of morbidity and mortality in LMICs.…”