OBJECTIVE To translate the Breathing Problems Questionnaire (BPQ) into Portuguese and adapt it to the Brazilian culture, as well as to evaluate its reproducibility in patients with COPD. METHODS After the BPQ had been translated and adapted to the Brazilian culture, it was administered to a subgroup of 8 patients in order to identify their uncertainties and difficulties. The questionnaire was...

This report concerns the development and validation of two patient-reported outcomes questionnaires developed to assess chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients' ability to perform morning activities and to evaluate their morning symptoms. Based on interviews with COPD patients, the Capacity of Daily Living during the Morning (CDLM) questionnaire and the Global Chest Symptoms Quest...

In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD) patients use extensively supplementary respiratory muscles such as trapezium and scalenes in order to facilitate ventilation. These situations cause pain restricting by the upper body mobility neck movements. This study was conducted investigate presence of individuals with COPD compare it healthy individuals. The included sixty-two COPD(COPD group...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Physical activity (PA) is an important outcome parameter in patients with COPD regarding hospitalizations and mortality. Both objective assessment by accelerometers and self-evaluation by questionnaires were used in studies investigating PA in COPD. Whether self-reported questionnaires can adequately reflect PA and its changes over time compared to objective assessments...

The new COPD-GRIP (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - Guidance, Research on Illness Perception) intervention translates evidence regarding illness perceptions and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) into a nurse intervention to guide COPD patients and to improve health outcomes. It describes how to assess and discuss illness perceptions in a structured way. This study aimed to assess th...

OBJECTIVE To describe a practical method for family practitioners to stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by the use of office spirometry. METHODS This is a review of the lessons learned from evaluations of the use of office spirometry in the primary care setting to identify best practices using the most recent published evaluations of office spirometry and the analysis of preli...

Abstract Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous with complex progression of many clinical presentations, and clinically important deterioration (CID) has been proposed in the Western studies as composite endpoint progression. The aim this study was to investigate relationships between 1-year CID following long-term outcomes Japanese patients COPD who have rep...

BACKGROUND Objectively measuring daily physical activity (PA) using an accelerometer is a relatively expensive and time-consuming undertaking. In routine clinical practice it would be useful to estimate PA in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with more simple methods. OBJECTIVES To evaluate whether PA can be estimated by simple tests commonly used in clinical practice...