TY - JOUR T1 - Relation between COPD assessment test"CATâ and functional parameters and quality of life in COPD patients JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 40 IS - Suppl 56 SP - P2280 AU - Selim Erkan Akdemir AU - Arzu Yorgancioglu AU - Yavuz Havlucu AU - Levent Ozdemir AU - Tugba Goktalay AU - Aysin Sakar Coskun AU - Pinar Celik Y1 - 2012/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P2280.abstract N2 - The aim was to investigate the relation between COPD assessment test(CAT™) and pulmonary function tests(PFT),BODE index,and St.George Respiratory Questionnaire(SGRQ).100 patients diagnosed by GOLD criteria were included to the study.A questionnaire that include sociodemographic findings as well as CAT,PFT,SGRQ,and BODE index were assessed for each patient.90 of the patients(90%) were male and mean age was 63,25±9.55 years.43% patients had comorbidities.There were 3 patients(3%) in stage 1,40 patients(40%) in stage 2,41 patients(41%) in stage 3,and 16 patients(16%) in stage 4.The correlation between COPD stage and exacerbation number in a year,hospitalization in a year, FEV1, FEV1/FVC,six minute walk test,CAT score,SGRQ scores (impact,activity,symptom,total),BODE score,and MMRC score was observed(p<0,001).When the relation of these parameters between each other was investigated,high degree correlation between each other was observed(Pearson correlation test).The correlation of CAT and SGRQ scores was higher than other.View this table:Table 1. Correlation of CAT, functional parameters and SGRQ scores (Pearson correlation test)Exacerbation number in a year and hospitalization in a year was related with all the parameters above.High degree correlation between CAT and functional tests and quality of life in COPD patients and also correlation between these parameters and disease stage was observed.CAT can be used as simple,practical test when PFT were unavailable or there was no enough time to apply quality of life questionnaire. ER -