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Observational studyHealth and quality of life outcomes2014

Generic utilities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients stratified according to different staging systems.

Marc Miravitlles, Alicia Huerta, José Alberto Fernández-Villar, Bernardino Alcázar, Guillermo Villa, Carles Forné, Maribel Cuesta, Carlos Crespo, Francisco García-Río

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18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Relationship Between Clinical Control, Respiratory Symptoms and Quality of Life for Patients with COPD.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2020
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  15. Clinical variables impacting on the estimation of utilities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2015
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  16. What pulmonologists think about the asthma-COPD overlap syndrome.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2015
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9 authors.

Marc Miravitlles
Alicia Huerta
José Alberto Fernández-Villar
Bernardino Alcázar
Guillermo Villa
Carles Forné
Maribel Cuesta
Carlos Crespo
Francisco García-Río

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo determine generic utilities for Spanish chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients stratified by different classifications: GOLD 2007, GOLD 2013, GesEPOC 2012 and BODEx index.

methodsMulticentre, observational, cross-sectional study. Patients were aged ≥40 years, with spirometrically confirmed COPD. Utility values were derived from EQ-5D-3 L. Means, standard deviations (SD), medians and interquartile ranges (IQR) were computed based on the different classifications. Differences in median utilities between groups were assessed by non-parametric tests.

results346 patients were included, of which 85.5% were male with a mean age of 67.9 (SD = 9.7) years and a mean duration of COPD of 7.6 (SD = 5.8) years; 80.3% were ex-smokers and the mean smoking history was 54.2 (SD = 33.2) pack-years. Median utilities (IQR) by GOLD 2007 were 0.87 (0.22) for moderate; 0.80 (0.26) for severe and 0.67 (0.42) for very-severe patients (p < 0.001 for all comparisons). Median utilities by GOLD 2013 were group A: 1.0 (0.09); group B: 0.87 (0.13); group C: 1.0 (0.16); group D: 0.74 (0.29); comparisons were statistically significant (p < 0.001) except A vs C. Median utilities by GesEPOC phenotypes were 0.84 (0.33) for non exacerbator; 0.80 (0.26) for COPD-asthma overlap; 0.71 (0.62) for exacerbator with emphysema; 0.72 (0.57) for exacerbator with chronic bronchitis (p < 0.001). Comparisons between patients with or without exacerbations and between patients with COPD-asthma overlap and exacerbator with chronic bronchitis were statistically-significant (p < 0.001). Median utilities by BODEx index were: group 0-2: 0.89 (0.20); group 3-4: 0.80 (0.27); group 5-6: 0.67 (0.29); group 7-9: 0.41 (0.31). All comparisons were significant (p < 0.001) except between groups 3-4 and 5-6.

conclusionIrrespective of the classification used utilities were associated to disease severity. Some clinical phenotypes were associated with worse utilities, probably related to a higher frequency of exacerbations. GOLD 2007 guidelines and BODEx index better discriminated patients with a worse health status than GOLD 2013 guidelines, while GOLD 2013 guidelines were better able to identify a smaller group of patients with the best health.

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Activities of Daily LivingMobility LimitationPainQuality of LifeAgedAlgorithmsAnxietyAsthmaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth StatusHumansMaleMiddle AgedMotor ActivityPulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

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