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ABSTRACT: Objective
To compare the Body mass index, airway Obstruction, Dyspnea, and E xercise capacity (BODE) index scores and its individual components between COPD patients with and without severe physical inactivity, as well as to correlate the number of steps/day with scores of physical activity questionnaires, age, and the BODE index (including its components).Methods
We included 30 patients, who were evaluated for body composition, pulmonary function (FEV1), perception of dyspnea (modified Medical Research Council scale), and exercise capacity (six-minute walk distance [6MWD]). The patients also completed the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), short version, and the modified Baecke questionnaire (mBQ). The level of physical activity was assessed by the number of steps/day (as determined by pedometer), using the cut-off of 4,580 steps/day to form two groups: no severe physical inactivity (SPI-) and severe physical inactivity (SPI+). We used the Mann-Whitney test or t-test, as well as Pearson's or Spearman's correlation tests, in the statistical analysis.Results
In comparison with the SPI- group, the SPI+ group showed more advanced age, higher mBQ scores (leisure domain), lower 6MWD (in m and % of predicted), and lower IPAQ scores (metabolic equivalent-walk/week domain and total). The IPAQ scores showed weak correlations with steps/day (r = 0.399), age (r = -0.459), and 6MWD-in m (r = 0.446) and in % of predicted (r = 0.422).Conclusions
In our sample, the cut-off of 4,580 steps/day was not sensitive enough to identify differences between the groups when compared with the predictors of mortality. The IPAQ, short version score correlated with steps/day.
SUBMITTER: Nyssen SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4075906 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nyssen Samantha Maria SM Santos Júlia Gianjoppe dos JG Barusso Marina Sallum MS Oliveira Antônio Delfino de AD Lorenzo Valéria Amorim Pires Di VA Jamami Mauricio M
Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia 20131101 6
<h4>Objective</h4>To compare the Body mass index, airway Obstruction, Dyspnea, and E xercise capacity (BODE) index scores and its individual components between COPD patients with and without severe physical inactivity, as well as to correlate the number of steps/day with scores of physical activity questionnaires, age, and the BODE index (including its components).<h4>Methods</h4>We included 30 patients, who were evaluated for body composition, pulmonary function (FEV1), perception of dyspnea (m ...[more]