Journal Article

Physical Activity, Health Status and Risk of Hospitalization in Patients with Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Farrell, Max H., Make, Barry, Kaplan, Robert, Sciurba, Frank, Wise, Robert, Chang, Chung-Chou H., Ries, Andrew, Martinez, Fernando J., Benzo, Roberto P.

2010

Overview

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of death and 70% of the cost of COPD is due to hospitalizations. Self-reported daily physical activity and health status have been reported as predictors of a hospitalization in COPD but are not routinely assessed. Objectives: We tested the hypothesis that self-reported daily physical activity and health status assessed by a simple question were predictors of a hospitalization in a well-characterized cohort of patients with severe emphysema. Methods: Investigators gathered daily physical activity and health status data assessed by a simple question in 597 patients with severe emphysema and tested the association of those patient-reported outcomes to the occurrence of a hospitalization in the following year. Multiple logistic regression analyses were used to determine predictors of hospitalization during the first 12 months after randomization. Results: The two variables tested in the hypothesis were significant predictors of a hospitalization after adjusting for all univariable significant predictors: >2 h of physical activity per week had a protective effect [odds ratio (OR) 0.60; 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 0.41–0.88] and self-reported health status as fair or poor had a deleterious effect (OR 1.57; 95% CI 1.10–2.23). In addition, two other variables became significant in the multivariate model: total lung capacity (every 10% increase) had a protective effect (OR 0.88; 95% CI 0.78–0.99) and self-reported anxiety had a deleterious effect (OR 1.75; 95% CI 1.13–2.70). Conclusion: Self-reported daily physical activity and health status are independently associated with COPD hospitalizations. Our findings, assessed by simple questions, suggest the value of patient-reported outcomes in developing risk assessment tools that are easy to use.

• Publisher: Karger,S. Karger AG
• Subject: Aged / Biological and medical sciences / Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma / Clinical Investigations / Cohort Studies / Exercise / Female / Health risk assessment / Health Status / Hospitalization / Humans / Life Style / Male / Medical sciences / Middle Aged / Pneumology / Predictive Value of Tests / Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - diagnosis / Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - psychology / Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - therapy / Risk Factors / Self-Assessment / Treatment Outcome