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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Predictors of Quality-of-Life Improvement at Different Minimum Clinically Important Difference Values in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease after Climatic Rehabilitation Treatment.

Anna Kubincová, Peter Takáč, Lucia Demjanovič Kendrová, Pavol Joppa

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anna KubincováDepartment of Physical Medicine, Balneology and Medical Rehabilitation, Medical Faculty of P. J. Šafárik University and L. Pasteur University Hospital in Košice, 04190 Košice, Slovakia.
Peter TakáčDepartment of Physical Medicine, Balneology and Medical Rehabilitation, Medical Faculty of P. J. Šafárik University and L. Pasteur University Hospital in Košice, 04190 Košice, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0002-6615-1894
Lucia Demjanovič KendrováDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Care, University of Prešov, 08001 Prešov, Slovakia.
Pavol JoppaDepartment of Pneumology and Phtiseology, Medical Faculty of P. J. Šafárik University and L. Pasteur University Hospital in Košice, 04190 Košice, Slovakia.
University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik · SKUniversity of Prešov · SK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe minimum clinically important difference (MCID) for the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) is debated in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) quality-of-life (QoL) assessments. This study aimed to determine whether there is a difference in predictors of clinically significant improvement between the traditional (value of 4) and newly proposed MCID SGRQ (value of 7) after climatic rehabilitation treatment. Climatic rehabilitation treatment consists of two main parts: climatotherapy, which typically involves the controlled exposure of individuals to natural environmental elements, and climatic rehabilitation, which includes other therapeutic factors such as physical activities as well as educating the patient to change their lifestyle.

methodsThis study included 90 consecutive patients diagnosed with COPD who underwent structured complex pulmonary rehabilitation in High Tatras, part of the Carpathian Mountains. The examination before and after treatment included spirometry, QoL assessment using the SGRQ, 6 min walk test (6-MWT), and the Borg, Beck and Zung scale.

resultsPatients showed statistically significant improvement after the intervention in FEV1, FEV1/FVC, 6-MWT, (

conclusionThe results suggest that both the proposed MCID for SGRQ values could be sufficient to assess the clinical significance of the achieved change in health status when assessing the need for pulmonary rehabilitation comprising climatotherapy in patients with COPD.

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climatic rehabilitationclimatotherapyCOPDminimum clinically important difference (MCID) quality of life (SGRQ)pulmonary rehabilitation

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PMID37629620
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