作者
Slavica Kochovska, David Currow, Sungwon Chang, Miriam Johnson, Diana Ferreira, Deidre Morgan, Max Olsson, Magnus Ekström
发表日期
2022/5/1
期刊
BMJ open respiratory research
卷号
9
期号
1
页码范围
e001168
出版商
Archives of Disease in childhood
简介
Introduction
Breathlessness is debilitating and increases in prevalence with age, with people progressively reducing their everyday activities to ‘self-manage’ it. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of breathlessness on function in terms of activities that have been reduced or ceased (‘compromised’) in older men.
Methods
A cross-sectional postal survey of Swedish 73-year-old man in the VAScular and Chronic Obstructive Lung disease study self-reporting on demographics, breathlessness (modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) scale, Dyspnoea-12, Multidimensional Dyspnea Scale) and its duration, anxiety/depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale), performance status (WHO Performance Status), everyday activities reduced/ceased and exertion.
Results
148/828 (17.9%) respondents reported breathlessness (mMRC >2), of whom 51.9% had reduced/ceased activities compared with 9.6% who did …
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