Dingyi Wang, Guohui Fan, Sinan Wu, Ting Yang, Jianying Xu, Lan Yang, Jianping Zhao, Xiangyan Zhang, Chunxue Bai, Jian Kang, P. Ran, Huahao Shen, Fuqiang Wen, Kewu Huang, Yahong Chen, Tie-ying Sun, G. Shan, Yingxiang Lin, Guodong Xu, Rui-ying Wang, Zhihong Shi, Yong-jian Xu, Xianwei Ye, Yuanlin Song, Qiuyue Wang, Yumin Zhou, Wen Li, Liren Ding, C. Wan, W. Yao, Yanfei Guo, F. Xiao, Yong Lu, Xiaoxia Peng, Biao Zhang, D. Xiao, Zuomin Wang, X. Bu, Hong Zhang, Xiaolei Zhang, Li An, Shu Zhang, Jianguo Zhu, Zhixin Cao, Q. Zhan, Yuanhua Yang, L. Liang, H. Dai, Bin Cao, Jiang He, Chen Wang
{"title":"Development and Validation of a Screening Questionnaire of COPD from a Large Epidemiological Study in China","authors":"Dingyi Wang, Guohui Fan, Sinan Wu, Ting Yang, Jianying Xu, Lan Yang, Jianping Zhao, Xiangyan Zhang, Chunxue Bai, Jian Kang, P. Ran, Huahao Shen, Fuqiang Wen, Kewu Huang, Yahong Chen, Tie-ying Sun, G. Shan, Yingxiang Lin, Guodong Xu, Rui-ying Wang, Zhihong Shi, Yong-jian Xu, Xianwei Ye, Yuanlin Song, Qiuyue Wang, Yumin Zhou, Wen Li, Liren Ding, C. Wan, W. Yao, Yanfei Guo, F. Xiao, Yong Lu, Xiaoxia Peng, Biao Zhang, D. Xiao, Zuomin Wang, X. Bu, Hong Zhang, Xiaolei Zhang, Li An, Shu Zhang, Jianguo Zhu, Zhixin Cao, Q. Zhan, Yuanhua Yang, L. Liang, H. Dai, Bin Cao, Jiang He, Chen Wang","doi":"10.1080/15412555.2022.2042504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15412555.2022.2042504","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Objective We aimed to establish an easy-to-use screening questionnaire with risk factors and suspected symptoms of COPD for primary health care settings. Methods Based on a nationwide epidemiological study of pulmonary health among adults in mainland China (China Pulmonary Health, CPH study) between 2012 and 2015, participants ≥40 years who completed the questionnaire and spirometry tests were recruited and randomly divided into development set and validation set by the ratio of 2:1. Parameters including sex, age, BMI, residence, education, smoking status, smoking pack-years, biomass exposure, parental history of respiratory diseases and daily respiratory symptoms were initially selected for the development of scoring system. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, area under curve (AUC), positive and negative predictive values were calculated in development set and validation set. Results After random split by 2:1 ratio, 22443 individuals were assigned to development set and 11221 to validation set. Ten variables were significantly associated with COPD independently in development set after a stepwise selection by multivariable logistic model and used to develop scoring system. The scoring system yielded good discrimination, as measured by AUC of 0.7737, and in the validation set, the AUC was 0.7711. When applying a cutoff point of ≥16, the sensitivity in development set was 0.69 (0.67 − 0.71); specificity 0.72 (0.71 − 0.73), PPV 0.25 (0.24 − 0.26) and NPV 0.94 (0.94 − 0.95). Conclusion We developed and validated a comprehensive screening questionnaire, COPD-CPHS, with good discrimination. The score system still needs to be validated by large cohort in the future. Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/15412555.2022.2042504 .","PeriodicalId":10704,"journal":{"name":"COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease","volume":"20 1","pages":"118 - 124"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75986543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Association of Body Mass Index and Abdominal Obesity with the Risk of Airflow Obstruction: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007–2012","authors":"Xiaofei Zhang, Hongru Chen, Kunfang Gu, Xiubo Jiang","doi":"10.1080/15412555.2022.2032627","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15412555.2022.2032627","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study aimed to explore the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and abdominal obesity and the risk of airflow obstruction, based on the data from the 2007–2012 National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHANES). Logistic regression was applied to assess the relationships between BMI or abdominal obesity and the risk of airflow obstruction by the fixed ratio method and the lower limit of normal (LLN) method. We further used the restricted cubic splines with 3 knots located at the 5th, 50th, and 95th percentiles of the distribution to evaluate the dose-response relationship. A total of 12,865 individuals aged 20–80 years old were included. In the fixed ratio method, underweight was positively correlated with the risk of airflow obstruction, and overweight and obesity were negatively correlated with the risk of airflow obstruction. In the LLN method, the results were consistent with the fixed ratio method. Abdominal obesity was positively associated with the risk of airflow obstruction only in the fixed ratio method (OR: 1.41, 95% CI: 1.04–1.90). There was an additive interaction between underweight and smoking on airflow obstruction in both methods. Abdominal obesity and smoking had additive interactions in the LLN method. Dose-response analysis indicated that there was a non-linear trend between BMI and the risk of airflow obstruction (P for nonlinearity < 0.01). Our study suggested that underweight and abdominal obesity were associated with the increased risk of airflow obstruction, and overweight and general obesity were associated with the decreased risk of airflow obstruction.","PeriodicalId":10704,"journal":{"name":"COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease","volume":"40 1","pages":"99 - 108"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77980873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ismail Ozsoy, Muhammed İhsan Kodak, C. Karartı, Gulsah Ozsoy, A. Erturk, T. Kahraman
{"title":"Intra- and Inter-Rater Reproducibility of the Face-to-Face and Tele-Assessment of Timed-up and Go and 5-Times Sit-to-Stand Tests in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease","authors":"Ismail Ozsoy, Muhammed İhsan Kodak, C. Karartı, Gulsah Ozsoy, A. Erturk, T. Kahraman","doi":"10.1080/15412555.2022.2038119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15412555.2022.2038119","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Timed-Up and Go (TUG) and 5-Times Sit-to-Stand (5STS) are frequently used in clinical practice for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aim of the study was to investigate the intra- and inter-rater reproducibility of the TUG and 5STS as both face-to-face and tele-assessment tests in patients with COPD. Forty-four patients with diagnosed COPD were included. Evaluations were carried out face-to-face and tele-assessment (synchronized and asynchronized). Inter-reliability between face-to-face and tele-assessment was excellent for TUG (ICC = 0.977) and 5STS (ICC = 0.970). Inter-reliability between two tele-raters was also excellent for TUG (ICC = 0.995) with the SEM = 0.04, SEM95% = 0.08, and SDC95% = 0.10 s, and 5STS (ICC = 0.990) with the SEM = 0.06, SEM95% = 0.12, and SDC95% = 0.18 s. Intra-rater reliability of the tele-assessment (synchronized) was excellent for TUG (ICC = 0.976) and 5STS (ICC = 0.964). The SEM, SEM95%, and SDC95% values were computed as 0.08, 0.16, and 0.22 s for TUG, and 0.11, 0.22, and 0.31 s for 5STS, respectively. The TUG and 5STS tests are reproducible tele-assessment measures in patients with COPD with excellent intra- and inter-rater reproducibility. The authors recommend these tests as practical assessment tools in patients with COPD at home for tele-health interventions. The reported SEM, SEM95%, and SDC95% values can be used as a minimum change that needs to be observed to be confident that the observed change is real and not, potentially, a product of measurement error.","PeriodicalId":10704,"journal":{"name":"COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease","volume":"79 1","pages":"125 - 132"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83927522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluating the Impact of Triple Therapy on Mortality in Copd: The End is the Beginning?","authors":"Konstantinos Kostikas, Christos Kyriakopoulos, Athena Gogali","doi":"10.1080/15412555.2021.1998410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15412555.2021.1998410","url":null,"abstract":"Mortality has long been one of the two “Holy Grails” of COPD management, the second being the change in the natural history of the disease, as expressed by the rate of decline of FEV 1 . The hype around the role of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in mortality reduction has been long-standing, as there is evidence that these drugs reduce exacerbations [1] and the rate of decline of FEV 1 [2]. However, the two mega-trials of combinations of ICS/long-acting β-agonist (LABA) designed to evaluate all-cause mortality as the primary endpoint, were not able to show a mortality benefit for these combinations vs. placebo: the TORCH trial showed a 17.5% reduction in mortality with salmeterol/fluticasone propionate that did not reach statistical significance with the notorious p-value of 0.052 [3], whereas the SUMMIT trial did not show any survival benefit for vilanterol/fluticasone furoate in COPD patients with history of cardiovascular disease or with cardiovascular risk factors [4]. Other trials that were not powered to evaluate mortality have provided con-tradicting results, with the 2-year INSPIRE trial in exacer-bating COPD patients showing a mortality benefit for salmeterol/fluticasone vs. tiotropium [5], whereas that was not the case for the FLAME trial in the comparison of salmeterol/fluticasone and the LABA/long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) combination of indacaterol/glycopyrro-nium [6], not allowing for firm conclusions. Recently the topic was revisited in the large IMPACT [7] and ETHOS [8] trials, that showed a 28% and 49% reduction in mortality with","PeriodicalId":10704,"journal":{"name":"COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease","volume":" ","pages":"57-60"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39836364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"<i>What Are the Experiences of People with COPD Using Activity Monitors?: A Qualitative Scoping Review</i>.","authors":"L J Wilde, L Sewell, C Percy, G Ward, C Clark","doi":"10.1080/15412555.2022.2033192","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15412555.2022.2033192","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Physical activity monitoring technology (e.g. smartphone apps or wearables) can objectively record physical activity levels, potentially support interventions to increase activity levels, and support the self-management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Insight into patients' experiences of monitoring physical activity is needed to inform future healthcare practice and policy utilizing this technology to support long-term positive health behavior change. This scoping review aimed to explore the experiences of using technology for monitoring physical activity among people with COPD. The Joanna Briggs Institute scoping review methodological framework was used. Relevant scientific databases (CINAHL Complete, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, SPORTDiscus, Cochrane Library and Scopus) were searched from 1st January 2016 to 16th March 2021. Thematic synthesis was used to analyze the data. Twelve studies exploring the experiences of people with COPD using technology for monitoring physical activity were included in the synthesis. Seven themes were developed and summarize experiences: 1) Monitoring and keeping track of their activity and health, 2) Supporting motivation to be active, 3) Acceptability of the device, 4) Experiencing technical issues with the device, 5) Setting appropriate and achievable goals for their health condition, 6) Integrating the device into their life and daily routine, and 7) Perceived physical and psychological benefits of using the device. Further high-quality research is needed to understand the experiences of people with COPD using technology to monitor physical activity in everyday life and better self-manage their health condition. Supporting people with COPD to monitor their physical activity could enable them to better self-manage their health condition.</p>","PeriodicalId":10704,"journal":{"name":"COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease","volume":" ","pages":"88-98"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39898764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Akshay Sood, Hans Petersen, Congjian Liu, Orrin Myers, Xin Wang Shore, Bobbi A Gore, Rodrigo Vazquez-Guillamet, Linda S Cook, Paula Meek, Yohannes Tesfaigzi
{"title":"Racial and Ethnic Minorities Have a Lower Prevalence of Airflow Obstruction than Non-Hispanic Whites.","authors":"Akshay Sood, Hans Petersen, Congjian Liu, Orrin Myers, Xin Wang Shore, Bobbi A Gore, Rodrigo Vazquez-Guillamet, Linda S Cook, Paula Meek, Yohannes Tesfaigzi","doi":"10.1080/15412555.2022.2029384","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15412555.2022.2029384","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Racial and ethnic disparities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are not well-studied. Our objective was to examine differences in limited COPD-related outcomes between three minority groups-African Americans (AAs), Hispanics, and American Indians (AIs) versus non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs), as the referent group, in separate cohorts. Separate cross-sectional evaluations were performed of three US-based cohorts of subjects at risk for COPD: COPDGene Study with 6,884 NHW and 3,416 AA smokers; Lovelace Smokers' Cohort with 1,598 NHW and 378 Hispanic smokers; and Mining Dust Exposure in the United States Cohort with 2,115 NHW, 2,682 Hispanic, and 2,467 AI miners. Prebronchodilator spirometry tests were performed at baseline visits using standard criteria. The primary outcome was the prevalence of airflow obstruction. Secondary outcomes were self-reported physician diagnosis of COPD, chronic bronchitis, and modified Medical Research Council dyspnea score. All minority groups had a lower prevalence of airflow obstruction than NHWs (adjusted ORs varied from 0.29 in AIs to 0.85 in AAs; <i>p</i> < 0.01 for all analyses). AAs had a lower prevalence of chronic bronchitis than NHWs. In our study, all minority groups had a lower prevalence of airflow obstruction but a greater level of self-reported dyspnea than NHWs, and covariates did not explain this association. A better understanding of racial and ethnic differences in smoking-related and occupational airflow obstruction may improve prevention and therapeutic strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":10704,"journal":{"name":"COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease","volume":"19 1","pages":"61-68"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9208273/pdf/nihms-1813939.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10580010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kris Mooren, Danielle Wester, Huib Kerstjens, Erik Bergkamp, Anna Spathis, Yvonne Engels
{"title":"Filling the Gap: A Feasibility Study of a COPD-Specific Breathlessness Service.","authors":"Kris Mooren, Danielle Wester, Huib Kerstjens, Erik Bergkamp, Anna Spathis, Yvonne Engels","doi":"10.1080/15412555.2022.2099821","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15412555.2022.2099821","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Refractory breathlessness is a devastating symptom in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Symptom-focused breathlessness services, involving palliative care teams, offer individualized support but are not yet widely available for people with nonmalignant disease among which COPD. Our primary aim was to demonstrate the feasibility of setting up a breathlessness service specifically for COPD patients within a respiratory outpatient clinic. Our secondary aims were to assess how many sessions patients need to complete the intervention; to obtain an indication of effect size (on the Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire (CRQ), subset mastery domain); and to evaluate patient and professional satisfaction. We conducted a non-randomized single-center feasibility study. Participants had COPD and refractory breathlessness. During at least one session with a respiratory nurse and a pulmonologist, and one session with a physiotherapist, patients learned non-pharmacological interventions to manage breathlessness. Of 34 screened patients, 19 were included. All completed the intervention. A median of two clinical visits and two telephone calls were needed to complete the intervention. The mean improvement of 1.55 in CRQ, mastery domain, significantly exceeded the clinically important difference of 0.5. The service was rated as excellent by the eight patients who completed the survey. The health professional team gave positive feedback on the experience of delivering the intervention. Delivery of a breathlessness service for COPD outpatients with refractory breathlessness appears feasible, easy to implement in a respiratory outpatient clinic, and has the potential to be effective. A randomized controlled clinical trial is needed to test effectiveness and cost-effectiveness in this context.</p>","PeriodicalId":10704,"journal":{"name":"COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease","volume":" ","pages":"324-329"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40440538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B Ditz, J Boekhoudt, N Couto, C A Brandsma, P S Hiemstra, G W Tew, M Neighbors, M A Grimbaldeston, W Timens, H A M Kerstjens, J W A Rossen, V Guryev, M van den Berge, A Faiz
{"title":"The Microbiome in Bronchial Biopsies from Smokers and Ex-Smokers with Stable COPD - A Metatranscriptomic Approach.","authors":"B Ditz, J Boekhoudt, N Couto, C A Brandsma, P S Hiemstra, G W Tew, M Neighbors, M A Grimbaldeston, W Timens, H A M Kerstjens, J W A Rossen, V Guryev, M van den Berge, A Faiz","doi":"10.1080/15412555.2022.2033193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15412555.2022.2033193","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Current knowledge about the respiratory microbiome is mainly based on 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing. Newer sequencing approaches, such as metatranscriptomics, offer the technical ability to measure the viable microbiome response to environmental conditions such as smoking as well as to explore its functional role by investigating host-microbiome interactions. However, knowledge about its feasibility in respiratory microbiome research, especially in lung biopsies, is still very limited. RNA sequencing was performed in bronchial biopsies from clinically stable smokers (<i>n</i> = 5) and ex-smokers (<i>n</i> = 6) with COPD not using (inhaled) steroids. The <i>Trinity</i> assembler was used to assemble non-human reads in order to allow unbiased taxonomical and microbial transcriptional analyses. Subsequently, host-microbiome interactions were analyzed based on associations with host transcriptomic data. Ultra-low levels of microbial mass (0.009%) were identified in the RNA-seq data. Overall, no differences were identified in microbiome diversity or transcriptional profiles of microbial communities or individual microbes between COPD smokers and ex-smokers in the initial test dataset as well as a larger replication dataset. We identified an upregulated host gene set, related to the simultaneous presence of <i>Bradyrhizobium</i>, <i>Roseomonas</i>, <i>Brevibacterium.</i>spp., which were related to PERK-mediated unfolded protein response (UPR) and expression of the microRNA-155-5p. Our results show that metatranscriptomic profiling in bronchial biopsy samples from stable COPD patients yields ultra-low levels of microbial mass. Further, this study illustrates the potential of using transcriptional profiling of the host and microbiome to gain more insight into their interaction in the airways.</p>","PeriodicalId":10704,"journal":{"name":"COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease","volume":" ","pages":"81-87"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39888509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Charlotte Sandau, Ingrid Poulsen, Vibeke Nørholm, Ejvind Frausing Hansen, Thomas Jørgen Ringbaek, Charlotte Suppli Ulrik, Dorthe Gaby Bove
{"title":"Patients' Perspective on Automated Oxygen Administration during Hospitalization for Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Qualitative Study Nested in a Randomized Controlled Trial.","authors":"Charlotte Sandau, Ingrid Poulsen, Vibeke Nørholm, Ejvind Frausing Hansen, Thomas Jørgen Ringbaek, Charlotte Suppli Ulrik, Dorthe Gaby Bove","doi":"10.1080/15412555.2022.2141620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15412555.2022.2141620","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recently, health technology systems offering monitoring of the peripheral oxygen saturation level and automated oxygen administration (AOA) have emerged. AOA has been shown to reduce duration of hypoxemia and the length of hospital stay, but the patients' perspective on AOA has not been investigated. This qualitative study, based on the interpretive description methodology, aimed to explore how patients hospitalized with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) experience being treated with AOA. Eighteen patients treated with AOA were included in the study. Data was collected during admission or in the patients' homes using semi-structured interviews focusing on patients' experiences of AOA using the word \"robot\" as used by patients. The findings revealed two themes \"adaptation of behavior to the robot\" and \"robots can make patients feel safe but not cared for\" and six subthemes. Our findings illustrate how patients were willing to compromise their own therapy and thereby safety by avoiding behavior triggering AOA alarms and disturbing their fellow patients and the health care professionals. Adherence, defined as patients' consistency in taking their medications as prescribed, becomes an important point of attention for health professionals when applying individualized robotic therapies such as AOA to patients with COPD. To support patients in the process of managing adherence to therapeutic technology, we propose a person-centered care approach that, through education and communication with the patients, generates an understanding of how they can self-manage AOA and its alarms without activating avoiding behavior that threatens their treatment and recovery.</p>","PeriodicalId":10704,"journal":{"name":"COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease","volume":"19 1","pages":"345-352"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9341104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relationship between Antithrombin III Activity and Mortality in Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.","authors":"Shuling Zhang, Xiaoguang Li, Haili Ma, Mengpei Zhu, Yuequan Zhou, Qianqian Zhang, Hongxing Peng","doi":"10.1080/15412555.2022.2106200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15412555.2022.2106200","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We aimed to explore the role of antithrombin III (AT-III) activity in diagnosing patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) and chronic bronchitis, and its relationship with all-cause mortality of AECOPD patients. We performed univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses of the factors determining all-cause mortality. We recruited 279 patients with AECOPD and 91 with chronic bronchitis. On admission, patients with AECOPD had lower AT-III activity (80.7 vs. 86.35%, <i>p</i> = 0.002) and higher neutrophil percentages (70.12 vs. 66.40%, <i>p</i> = 0.02) than those with chronic bronchitis. The patients who died were older (78 vs. 73 years, <i>p</i> < 0.001); had higher CRP (39.05 vs. 5.65 mg/L, <i>p</i> < 0.001), D-dimer (1.72 vs. 0.46 mg/L, <i>p</i> < 0.001), FIB (3.56 vs. 3.05 g/L, <i>p</i> = 0.01) levels; and exhibited lower AT-III activity (71.29 vs. 82.94%, <i>p</i> < 0.001) than the survivors. The AT-III area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for predicting COPD all-cause mortality was 0.75 (<i>p</i> < 0.001), optimal cutoff point 79.75%, sensitivity 86.8%, and specificity 57.1%. Multivariate Cox regression analyses showed that increased levels of CRP (HR = 1.005, <i>p</i> = 0.02), D-dimer (HR = 1.17, <i>p</i> = 0.01), WBC count (HR = 1.11, <i>p</i> = 0.002), and reduced AT-III activity (HR = 0.97, <i>p</i> = 0.02) were independent prognostic factors for all-cause mortality. Patients with AT-III ≤ 79.75% were 4.52 times (<i>p</i> = 0.001) more likely to die than those with AT-III > 79.75%. AT-III activity was lower in patients with AECOPD than in those with chronic bronchitis and is potentially useful as an independent predictor of all-cause mortality in patients with AECOPD: reduced AT-III activity and increased CRP and D-dimer levels indicate a higher risk of all-cause mortality.</p>","PeriodicalId":10704,"journal":{"name":"COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease","volume":"19 1","pages":"353-364"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10633404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}