COPD exacerbations and patient-reported outcomes according to post-bronchodilator FEV₁ - a post-hoc analysis of pooled data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Management strategies of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) need to be tailored to the forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV₁₎, exacerbations, and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) of individual patients. In this study, we analyzed the association and correlation between the FEV₁, exacerbations, and PROs of patients with stable COPD.

Methods

This was a post-hoc analysis of pooled data from two cross-sectional studies that were previously conducted in Malaysia from 2017 to 2019, the results of which had been published separately. The parameters measured included post-bronchodilator FEV₁ (PB-FEV₁), exacerbations, and scores of modified Medical Research Council (mMRC), COPD Assessment Test (CAT), and St Georg

SUBMITTER: Chai CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10148499 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature