Early Intervention of Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease Is a Favorable Factor for Short-Term Improvement in Health-Related Quality of Life.

ABSTRACT: Patients with fibrosing interstitial lung disease (FILD) have poor health-related quality of life (HRQOL). We analyzed predictors of short-term improvement of HRQOL after starting pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in moderate to severe FILD patients. This study involved 28 consecutive patients with FILD (20 males, median age of 77.5 years), who participated in PR program of our hospital for >6 weeks. The St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) score and the 6-min walk distance (6MWD) were evaluated before and after PR, and the predictors of efficacy of PR were analyzed. The duration from diagnosis of FILD to start of PR showed a positive correlation with the increase in the SGRQ score, and the baseline SGRQ score showed a negative correlation with increase in the 6MWD. The FILD subtype,

SUBMITTER: Matsuo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8305639 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature