The Burden of Nocturnal Symptoms in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Results of a Real-World Survey in the USA.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often have poor sleep quality and report a worsening of respiratory symptoms during night-time. However, current clinical guidelines for COPD management do not specifically consider nocturnal symptoms when recommending pharmacological treatment. This study aimed to better understand the burden of nocturnal symptoms in patients with COPD, and to evaluate the importance of nocturnal symptom control compared with daytime and overall symptom control.

Methods

Data were analyzed from the Adelphi Respiratory Disease Specific Programme, a point-in-time survey of physicians and their patients, conducted in the USA in 2019. Primary care physicians and pulmonologists who managed three or more patients with COPD per

SUBMITTER: Soler X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9458814 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature