[Specific foreign tools for assessing the quality of life of patients with COPD].

Abstract

Introduction: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) usually have a decreased quality of life (QOL). Specialized questionnaires on QOL may be more sensitive when studying individual issues of COPD therapy than general (universal) questionnaires.

Goal: Conducting a review of specific tools for assessing the quality of life of patients with COPD.

Materials and methods: The study was carried out based on the results of a search of scientific literature presented in the bibliographic databases PubMed (USA) and ELIBRARY.RU (Russia, Russian-language sources). Keywords were used to search for relevant sources: «quality of life», «COPD», «chronic obstructive pulmonary disease» etc. In order to search for information on individual questionnaires, queries containing the names of the questionnaires were used. Additional references were obtained using the search engines Google and Yandex.

Results: Based on the results of a study of the scientific literature and a search in the PubMed / Medline information base, 22 specific tests used to assess the quality of life of patients with COPD were considered. These tests demonstrate different relevance and scientific applicability in recent years. Five tests were most often used in foreign and domestic studies: St. George respiratory questionnaire (SGRQ), the COPD assessment test (CAT), the modified Medical Research Council dyspnea scale (mMRC), the chronic respiratory questionnaire (CRQ), the clinical COPD questionnaire (CCQ).

Conclusion: Further study as well as local adaptation (if so required) of some questionnaires will open up new opportunities for their wider implementation into the routine daily practice of providing medical care to patients with COPD in the regions.