PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Estíbaliz Pérez
AU  - Milagros Iriberri
AU  - Patricia Sobradillo
AU  - Lide Alaña
AU  - Lorea Martinez
AU  - Amaia Sagarna
AU  - Carmen Jaca
AU  - Sonia Castro
TI  - Is the COPD assessment test (CAT) useful in our patients?
DP  - 2012 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - P723
VI  - 40
IP  - Suppl 56
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P723.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P723.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2012 Sep 01; 40
AB  - AIM:to determinate the correlation between scores obtained in the quality of life (QL) questionnaires with functional and clinical parameters.METHODS:Prospective study. 56 moderate-severe COPD patients with exacerbating phenotype admitted from 1/02/11 to 30/10/11. Studied items: symptoms, MRC scale, spirometry, BMI, 6MWT, CAT and St.George. Descriptive analysis.RESULTS: In Table 1 general characteristics are shown. Functional parametres do not correlate with CAT, and have a poor inverse correlation wiht St.George. BODE, 6 MWT and dyspnoea have a good correlation with both questionnaires. Graphic 1: correlation between BODE and SG, Graphic 2: correlation between CAT and SG, Graphic 3: correlation between scores obtained in CAT and SG about dyspnoea in basal situation.CONCLUSIONS: CAT is a simple test with a good correlation with SG. CAT does not correlate with spirometric parameters but does with BODE and 6MWT. SG correlates slightly better than CAT with BODE.