BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) places a huge economic burden on healthcare systems, especially patients with frequent exacerbations and co-morbidities. OBJECTIVES: To identify factors associated with high utilisation of healthcare resources in a population of patients with COPD. METHOD: We conducted an observational, cross-sectional, multicentre study with the aim of identifying the factors associated with high resource utilisation among patients with COPD. Sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics of the study population, as well as data on health-related quality of life, respiratory symptoms, presence of anxiety and depression, physical activity and lung function were collected. We examined the relationship between these variables and high utilisation of healthcare resources, by performing a multivariate analysis based on a logistic regression model. RESULTS: 115 patients (64 were high users of healthcare resources, and 51 control patients) from 13 hospitals were selected. Patients presenting high resource utilisation had worse FEV₁, worse basal SpO₂, less distance walked in the 6-minute walk test, and increased dyspnoea. They also had a worse BODE index, worse scores in all dimensions of the EURO-QOL 5D and the LCADL scale, and displayed a higher prevalence of depression. Multivariate analysis yielded a statistically significant association between SpO₂, LCADL scores, serum fibrinogen values and total leukocyte count, and high healthcare resource utilisation. CONCLUSIONS: COPD patients who incur higher healthcare resource utilisation show reduced physical activity, increased respiratory failure and increased systemic inflammation.
BACKGROUND:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) places a huge economic burden on healthcare systems, especially patients with frequent exacerbations and co-morbidities. OBJECTIVES: To identify factors associated with high utilisation of healthcare resources in a population of patients with COPD. METHOD: We conducted an observational, cross-sectional, multicentre study with the aim of identifying the factors associated with high resource utilisation among patients with COPD. Sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics of the study population, as well as data on health-related quality of life, respiratory symptoms, presence of anxiety and depression, physical activity and lung function were collected. We examined the relationship between these variables and high utilisation of healthcare resources, by performing a multivariate analysis based on a logistic regression model. RESULTS: 115 patients (64 were high users of healthcare resources, and 51 control patients) from 13 hospitals were selected. Patients presenting high resource utilisation had worse FEV₁, worse basal SpO₂, less distance walked in the 6-minute walk test, and increased dyspnoea. They also had a worse BODE index, worse scores in all dimensions of the EURO-QOL 5D and the LCADL scale, and displayed a higher prevalence of depression. Multivariate analysis yielded a statistically significant association between SpO₂, LCADL scores, serum fibrinogen values and total leukocyte count, and high healthcare resource utilisation. CONCLUSIONS:COPDpatients who incur higher healthcare resource utilisation show reduced physical activity, increased respiratory failure and increased systemic inflammation.
Authors: Javier de Miguel Díez; Rodrigo Jiménez García; Valentín Hernández Barrera; Luis Puente Maestu; Maria Isabel Del Cura González; Manuel Méndez Bailón; Pilar Carrasco Garrido; Ana López de Andrés Journal: Lung Date: 2014-12-31 Impact factor: 2.584
Authors: Carlos Martinez Rivera; Joaquín Costan Galicia; Bernardino Alcázar Navarrete; Cayo Garcia-Polo; Luis Alberto Ruiz Iturriaga; Alberto Herrejón; Jose Antonio Ros Lucas; Patricia García-Sidro; Gema Tirado-Conde; Jose Luis López-Campos; Sagrario Mayoralas Alises; Javier de Miguel-Díez; Cristina Esquinas; Marc Miravitlles Journal: Lung Date: 2016-03-01 Impact factor: 2.584
Authors: Job F M van Boven; Miguel Román-Rodríguez; Janwillem W H Kocks; Joan B Soriano; Maarten J Postma; Thys van der Molen Journal: NPJ Prim Care Respir Med Date: 2015-08-06 Impact factor: 2.871