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CORRELATION OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND RESPIRATORY HEALTH IN COPD PATIENTS

. Misdaq Batool, Danish Hassan, Sharif Waqas, Shanza Tanveer, Arooba Nawaz & Zainab Sikander


Abstract

COPD has raised researchers’ interest in physical activity monitoring studies in the last few decades. Physical activity declines as COPD advances. Patients with COPD often have poor quality of life and advances in medical field have improved the assessment of quality of life in COPD patients by using different instruments.

Objective: Study determine the correlation between person’s physical activity and respiratory health.

Methods: Cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the correlation between physical activity level and respiratory health parameters. 154 COPD patients were included in this study from Niazi Medical complex, club road Sargodha, Pakistan. 6-minute walk test and IPAQ long was used to assess physical activity level among patients. Spirometry for FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC ration, VC, IVC a PEF was done and respiratory health was assessed. The data was analyzed using SPSS v 25. The normality of the data was assessed by Shapiro-Wills test. Independent sample T test was applied to determine any significant difference across CPOD subjects of different severity. Pearson Correlation were applied to determine the correlation between Physical Activity level and Respiratory parameters of COPD patients.

Results: Expiratory vital capacity and vital capacity showed significant correlation with physical activity level P<0.05. While other parameters of respiratory health which included peak expiratory flow, FEV1/FVC, FVC, FEV1 do not show any correlation with physical activity level P>0.05.

Conclusion: In COPD patients decline in VC and EVC is correlated with level of physical activity as evaluated using IPAQ

Key words: COPD, Respiratory Health, Physical Activity.

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