Authors
Christer Janson, Guy Marks, Sonia Buist, Louisa Gnatiuc, Thorarinn Gislason, Mary Ann McBurnie, Rune Nielsen, Michael Studnicka, Brett Toelle, Bryndis Benediktsdottir, Peter Burney
Publication date
2013/12/1
Journal
European Respiratory Journal
Volume
42
Issue
6
Pages
1472-1483
Publisher
European Respiratory Society
Description
The aim of this study was to describe the impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on health status in the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) populations.
We conducted a cross-sectional, general population-based survey in 11 985 subjects from 17 countries. We measured spirometric lung function and assessed health status using the Short Form 12 questionnaire. The physical and mental health component scores were calculated.
Subjects with COPD (post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 s/forced vital capacity <0.70, n = 2269) had lower physical component scores (44±10 versus 48±10 units, p<0.0001) and mental health component scores (51±10 versus 52±10 units, p = 0.005) than subjects without COPD. The effect of reported heart disease, hypertension and diabetes on physical health component scores (-3 to -4 units) was considerably less than the effect of COPD Global …
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