Abstract
Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is often associated with loss of functional capacity, increased dyspnea, reduced quality of life and increased mortality. The functional capacity evaluation can be performed by clinical tests (six-minute walk test (6MWT) and Glittre ADL-Test (TGlittre) and by questionnaires Pulmonary Functional Status Questionnaire, Dyspnea-Modified version (PFSDQ-M), Human Activity Profile (HAP) and mortality by the BODE index. Objective: Verify if there is correlation between the original BODE index and modified BODE using the result of TGlittre, PSFDQ-M and HAP. Methods: 28 patients with COPD aged ≥ 40 answered both questionnaires (PFSDQ-M and HAP) and underwent the 6MWT and TGlittre. The original BODE index and the modified BODE index of each patient was also calculated. Results: There was an excellent correlation between the original BODE and BODE-TGlittre (r = 0.913 p ≤ 0.001), the BODE PFSDQ-M (r = 0.905 p ≤ 0.001) and BODE HAP (r = p ≤ 0.894 0.001). Conclusions: The results of the questionnaires (PFSDQ-M and HAP) and the TGlittre can replace the 6MWT in the original BODE index.
Financial support: CNPq.
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