RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Socialization in patients with chronic respiratory failure (CRF), undergoing long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT), as assessed by Lubben social networking scales-6 (LSNS-6)
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP P3726
VO 42
IS Suppl 57
A1 Hiroo Wada
A1 Yoko Akiyama
A1 Hirotaka Takeda
A1 Masuo Nakamura
A1 Rina Nishinono
A1 Hajime Takizawa
A1 Hajime Goto
YR 2013
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/42/Suppl_57/P3726.abstract
AB INTRODUCTION Chronic respiratory failure (CRF) and utilization of LTOT impair patients' socialization. To address this, socialization of CRF patients was evaluated, using Lubben Social Networking Scale-6 (LSNS-6), a questionnaire to estimate social isolation in the elderly individuals, in which higher scores indicate better socialization and scores less than 12 indicate social isolation.METHODS 38 out-patients in our hospital (Pt-Krn) and 13 members of a local patients’ association for LTOT, “Chofu Sanso no Kai” (Pt-Ch), were enrolled and their clinical information as well as LSNS-6 scores were analyzed. All the participants suffered CRF, undergoing LTOT.RESULTS CRF resulted mostly from COPD (50%) and interstitial lung disease (42%) in Pt-Km, while COPD (54%) and sequale of tuberculosis (15%) in Pt-Ch. Prescribed oxygen volumes in Pt-Km were similar level with those in Pt-Ch. 19 patients of Pt-Km (50.0%) and 4 of Pt-Ch (30.1%) had LSNS-6 scores less than 12. Total scores of LSNS-6 were 12.5+/-7.1 in Pt-Krn, lower in treand than that in Pt-Ch, 16.0+/-8.2 (p=0.08). This trend was accounted for by friends' components of LSNS-6, which were 4.6+/-4.8 in Pt-Krn, significantly lower than those in Pt-Ch, 7.6+/-4.9 (p < 0.05).DISCUSSIONS AND CONCLUSIONS Compared to a Japanese population-based survey, i.e. 19.4% had LSNS-6 scores less than 12 and LSNS-6 scores were 16.2+/-5.1 (Kurimoto A et al., Jpn J Geriatr Med 2009), our study demonstrated that socialization was deteriorated in CRF patients undergoing LTOT. However, deteriorated socialization in CRF patients was restored by joining a local patients’ organization.