Table 4.
Effects of daily life impacts of COPD on five domains of participants’ quality of life (N = 400)
| Functioning | Activities | Relationships | Well-being | Independence | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported impacts of COPD on aspects of daily lifea; Mean score (SD), n | |||||||||
| Bending down | 2.0 (1.0), 387 | Physical activities | 2.7 (1.0), 371 | Relationship with partner | 1.7 (0.9), 249 | Find coughing embarrassing | 2.1 (1.1), 352 | Forced to plan activities | 1.9 (1.1), 391 |
| Lifting/carrying | 2.6 (1.1), 349 | Household jobs | 2.2 (1.1), 376 | Socialising | 1.9 (1.1), 337 | Get anxious/ worried | 1.9 (1.0), 399 | Lost independence | 1.7 (1.0), 399 |
| Walking outside | 2.0 (1.0), 386 | Local shopping | 1.9 (1.1), 302 | Holidays/days out | 1.9 (1.1), 339 | Feel a burden on family | 1.6 (1.0), 391 | Feel trapped in the house | 1.6 (1.0), 399 |
| Climbing stairs | 2.9 (1.0), 382 | Main shopping | 2.2 (1.2), 266 | Helping/doing things with family | 2.3 (1.0), 375 | ||||
| Talking | 1.5 (0.8), 394 | Personal care | 1.5 (0.9), 396 | ||||||
| Effect of impact on QoLb; Mean score (SD), n | |||||||||
| 2.5 (0.9), 396 | 2.5 (1.0), 397 | 2.1 (1.0), 390 | 2.2 (1.0), 392 | 2.0 (1.0), 391 | |||||
| Perceived change since the start of SLS COPDc; Mean score (SD), n | |||||||||
| 2.9 (1.0), 398 | 3.0 (1.0), 394 | 3.0 (0.8), 398 | 3.0 (0.9), 393 | 3.0 (0.9), 398 | |||||
COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, QoL quality of life, SD standard deviation, SLS COPD Salford Lung Study in patients with COPD
a Assessed as: 1, not at all; 2, a little; 3, quite a lot and 4, very much/unable to do
b Assessed as: 1, not at all; 2, a little; 3, quite a lot and 4, very much
c Assessed as: 1, improved a lot; 2 improved a little; 3, no change; 4, got a little worse; and 5, got a lot worse
The numbers in italic are n values