Observational studyInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease2018
Effect of dyspnea on frailty stages and related factors in Taiwanese men with COPD.
Observational study in International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Frailty and its influence on mortality and morbidity in COPD: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Internal and emergency medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Prevalence and risk factors of frailty in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: systematic review and meta-analysis.European geriatric medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence, trajectories, and clinical outcomes for frailty in COPD.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Analysis of risk factors for frailty in older inpatients with interstitial lung disease.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2026Article
- Medication Use by Older Adults with Frailty: A Scoping Review.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Prognostic risk profiling in COPD using Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease 2023 ABE and comorbidity assessment: evidence from a register-based COPD cohort.Journal of global health · 2025Article
- Impact of Frailty on Symptom Burden in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Association of Frailty with Patient-Report Outcomes and Major Clinical Determinants in Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2024Observational
- Is Frailty Diagnosis Important in Patients with COPD? A Narrative Review of the Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Frailty and chronic respiratory disease: the need for a multidisciplinary care model.Sarcoidosis, vasculitis, and diffuse lung diseases : official journal of WASOG · 2021Article
- Pathobiology of frailty in lung disease.Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine · 2020Review
- Frailty is Associated with an Increased Risk of Major Adverse Outcomes in Elderly Patients Following Surgical Treatment of Hip Fracture.Scientific reports · 2019Observational
- Association between Subjective Hearing Impairment and Cognitive Status among Korean Elderly.Noise & healthArticle
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Abstract
Purpose: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) impacts health-related quality of life in men more than in women. In patients with dyspnea, frailty is more likely to develop and aggravate disability. Despite this, few studies have addressed frailty in men with COPD. The present study investigated the effects of dyspnea and its related factors on frailty in men with COPD. Patients and methods: This cross-sectional observational study selected 125 participants by voluntary sampling at the thoracic outpatient clinics of two medical centers in Taiwan. The modified Medical Research Council questionnaire was used as the basis to classify dyspnea. Data were collected using questionnaires and analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, version 24.0 (IBM Corporation., Armonk, NY, USA). Results: There were 85.90% and 26.70% patients with COPD assessed in the unfit stage among the dyspnea and non-dyspnea groups, respectively. Additionally, the number of medication use and the COPD Assessment Test (CAT) scores were correlated with the period from fitness to unfitness among the dyspnea group and non-dyspnea group. Conclusion: COPD with dyspnea was more common in the unfit stages. The total number of medication use and CAT scores were significantly related to frailty.
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