TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of pulmonary rehabilitation on cough and sputum symptom perception in patients with COPD.
AU - Coissi Sobrinho , Graziele
AU - James, Teresa
AU - Pond, Zoe
AU - Welch , Lindsay
AU - Batchelor , Susan
AU - Copp, Rhona
AU - Potterton, Helen
AU - Nash, Tracy
AU - Havelock, Thomas
AU - Wilkinson, Tom. M.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Background: Treatments for COPD focus on inhaled therapies, which provide symptomatic relief, however without significantly altering the inflammatory disease' profile or its natural history. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is one of a few cost-effective interventions which has been shown to improve outcomes. However, the impact of exercise on specific symptoms has not been properly explored in COPD.
Objective: The study aimed to observe the impact of PR on local airways symptoms such as cough and sputum production.
Methods: Airways - related subcategories of the CAT score were analysed pre and post PR completion. We included patients with GOLD grade II/III and CAT >10. We excluded patients with other respiratory conditions, those on oxygen and/or who interrupted PR.
Results: 55 COPD (45% male), mean age 68.6 ± 9.96, BMI 26.49 ± 5.79 kg/m2.Results shown improvement in cough (p=0.0003) and sputum (p=0.004) symptoms perception after PR completion.
AB - Background: Treatments for COPD focus on inhaled therapies, which provide symptomatic relief, however without significantly altering the inflammatory disease' profile or its natural history. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is one of a few cost-effective interventions which has been shown to improve outcomes. However, the impact of exercise on specific symptoms has not been properly explored in COPD.
Objective: The study aimed to observe the impact of PR on local airways symptoms such as cough and sputum production.
Methods: Airways - related subcategories of the CAT score were analysed pre and post PR completion. We included patients with GOLD grade II/III and CAT >10. We excluded patients with other respiratory conditions, those on oxygen and/or who interrupted PR.
Results: 55 COPD (45% male), mean age 68.6 ± 9.96, BMI 26.49 ± 5.79 kg/m2.Results shown improvement in cough (p=0.0003) and sputum (p=0.004) symptoms perception after PR completion.
U2 - 10.1183/13993003.congress-2015.PA546
DO - 10.1183/13993003.congress-2015.PA546
M3 - Article
SN - 0903-1936
VL - 46
JO - European Respiratory Journal
JF - European Respiratory Journal
M1 - PA546
ER -