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Pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD: Comparison of health related quality of life | |
Dr.Vijay Shettar, DrJaveriyaMohammadi, DrSivasankari R, Dr.Aishwarya C | |
Pulmonary rehabilitation is one of the non-pharmacological modality of treatment for COPD. It improves symptoms, quality of life, exercise performance, health care utilization and reduces future exacerbations in patients with COPD. HRQol of the patient was assessed using the St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) version- 2.3. The responses to its 50 items were aggregated into an overall score and three sub scores for symptoms, activity, and impact. A change of four units or more was accepted as significant. Between two groups comparison, there was statistical significant difference (P.001)) seen in pre and post difference in SGRQ i.e. SGRQ score revealed a significant reduction in intervention group (3.97) compared to control group (0.84). |
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