Evaluation of malnutrition detected with the Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS-2002) and the quality of life in hospitalized patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BACKGROUND: Patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have impaired quality of life, but the relationship between their nutritional status and quality of life has not been established. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between quality of life and nutritional status in hospitalized COPD patients.

METHODS: Demographic data, quality of life and nutritional status of 90 inpatients with a mean age of 68.76 ± 10.85 years were enrolled in the study. The Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS-2002) tool was used to evaluate their nutritional status. The quality of life was assessed using the Short Form-36 (SF-36) questionnaire. The correlation analysis was used for the relationship between SF-36 subscales and nutritional status variables.

RESULTS: Of the 90 COPD patients included in the study, 54.4 % were men, and 45.6 % were women. Moderate, severe, and very severe COPD were detected in 37.8 %, 38.9 %, and 23.3 % of the patients, respectively. At risk of malnutrition were 55.6 % of the 90 COPD patients, whereas 44.4 % were not. The scores for physical function, physical role functioning, pain, general health, emotional role functioning, vitality, social function, and mental function subscales were lower in the patients at risk of malnutrition (p <0.001). There was a statistically significant negative correlation between malnutrition score and the subscores of SF-36 related to physical function, physical role functioning, pain, general health, emotional role functioning, vitality, social function, and mental function (p <0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: COPD patients were found to have a high risk of malnutrition that adversely affects their quality of life. Therefore, the evaluation of the nutritional status of COPD patients should be an integral part of their clinical treatment plans aiming towards improving their quality of life. Hippokratia 2016, 20(2):147-152.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Hippokratia - 20(2016), 2 vom: 11. Apr., Seite 147-152

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Arslan, M [VerfasserIn]
Soylu, M [VerfasserIn]
Kaner, G [VerfasserIn]
İnanç, N [VerfasserIn]
Başmısırlı, E [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Journal Article
Malnutrition
NRS-2002
Nutritional Risk Screening
Nutritional status
Quality of life
SF-36
Short Form-36

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 09.04.2022

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM271039663