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The Quality of Life in COPD Patients according to Gender: Based on the 4th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
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Kyung Sook Kang, Soon Ok Na, Young Beob Yu, Jun Ho Shin
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J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2015;26(2):61-68. Published online June 30, 2015
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2015.26.2.61
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In this study, we performed a comparative analysis on the quality of life (QoL) in male and female chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients based on the 4th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES IV) from 2007 to 2010.
METHODS
We extracted the socio-demographic and clinical data of 1,218 COPD patients including 874 men and 344 women from the KNHANES IV database. Descriptive statistics and correlation test were used to analyze the data. In order to find factors associated with QoL of COPD patients, we conducted multivariate linear regression analysis.
RESULTS
Infrequency analysis, the educational level and income were lower in the female COPD patients than in the male ones. The QoL indexes including mobility, self-care, activities of daily living, discomfort, anxiety, and depression were significantly worse in the female of COPD patients than in the male ones (p<.01).
CONCLUSION
Our study indicates that QoL of female COPD patients should be improved on the educational, economic, and healthcare aspects.
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