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Ambulatory oxygen improves quality of life of COPD patients: a randomised controlled study

T. Eaton, J.E. Garrett, P. Young, W. Fergusson, J. Kolbe, S. Rudkin, K. Whyte
European Respiratory Journal 2002 20: 306-312; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.02.00301002
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    Patient characteristics including acute responses to cylinder gas

    Room airCylinder oxygenCylinder air
    Subjects n41
    Age67.1 (9.3)
    Male %70
    Body mass index23.7 (4.4)
    FEV1 % pred25.9 (8.0)
    Resting Pa,O2 kPa9.2 (1.0)
    Resting Pa,CO2 kPa5.8 (0.7)
    6MWD m358 (93)377# (94)337# (113)
    Pre-6MW Sa,O294 (1.9)96 (1.7)94 (1.9)
    Post-2MW Sa,O287 (2.9)
    Post‐6MW Sa,O282 (5.4)90 (4.2)83 (4.2)
    Pre‐6MW Borg dyspnoea0.7 (1.0)0.7 (0.9)0.7 (0.9)
    Post‐6MW Borg dyspnoea4.7 (1.6)4.1¶ (1.8)4.8¶ (1.5)
    • Data are presented as mean (SD)

    • FEV1: forced expiratory volume in one second

    • Pa,O2: oxygen tension in arterial blood

    • Pa,CO2: carbon dioxide tension in arterial blood

    • 6MWD: 6-min walk distance

    • Sa,O2: arterial oxygen saturation

    • #: p=0.0001

    • ¶: p=0.005

  • Table 2—

    Health‐related quality of life (HRQL) measures for 41 patients

    BaselineΔ cylinder oxygen‐cylinder airp‐value
    Disease specific HRQL
    CRQ#
     Dyspnoea (5–35)16.6 (5.3)2.0 (0.9)0.02
     Fatigue (4–28)15.3 (4.9)1.8 (0.7)0.02
     Emotional function (7–49)34.3 (8.0)3.3 (1.2)0.006
     Mastery (4–28)19.5 (4.8)1.8 (0.7)0.008
     Total (20–140)85.8 (18.5)8.8 (2.8)0.002
    HAD¶
     Anxiety (0–21)5.6 (4.1)−1.6 (0.6)0.009
     Depression (0–21)4.3 (2.5)−1.0 (0.5)0.05
    Generic HRQL
    SF-36#
     Physical functioning (0–100)33.0 (18.8)1.6 (3.5)0.6
     Role physical (0–100)15.2 (27.3)16.8 (5.5)0.01
     Bodily pain (0–100)73.4 (26.3)5.3 (5.0)0.3
     General health (0–100)42.9 (22.8)6.1 (2.9)0.04
     Vitality (0–100)48.3 (20.5)2.9 (3.0)0.3
     Social functioning (0–100)67.1 (24.2)10.5 (5.2)0.05
     Role emotional (0–100)60.2 (44.2)18.3 (7.7)0.02
     Mental health (0–100)75.6 (14.7)4.0 (2.7)0.1
    • Data are presented as mean (sd) for baseline and mean (se) for Δ cylinder oxygen-cylinder air

    • CRQ: chronic respiratory questionnaire

    • HAD: hospital anxiety and depression

    • SF-36: short-form-36 health survey questionnaire

    • #: higher scores indicate better HRQL

    • ¶: higher scores indicate worse emotional function

  • Table 3—

    Acute and short-term responders to cylinder oxygen

    Acute responseTotal
    YesNo
    Short-term response
     Yes17623
     No11718
    Total281341
    • Chi-squared test: p=0.382

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T. Eaton, J.E. Garrett, P. Young, W. Fergusson, J. Kolbe, S. Rudkin, K. Whyte
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