Diferencias en calidad de vida de pacientes hospitalizados con EPOC y asma

introduction: copd and asthma are diseases frequently seen at the airway disease clinical service of the national institute of respiratory diseases ismael cosío villegas.; both severely affect the quality of life (qol). objective: to determine if there are differences in the qol of hospitalized stable copd and asthma patients. material and methods: prospective and transverse study of 51 patients, 25 with asthma (gina) and 26 with copd (gold); the chronic respiratory questionnaire (crq) and the st. george's respiratory questionnaire (sgrq) were applied to both groups once they were in a stable condition. statistics: descriptive; student's t and mann-whitney's u tests. results: patients with asthma (vef1 41%, vef1/fvc 74%), 53 years old, 24% men, 76% women. patients with copd (fev1 43%, fev1/fvc 58%), 56 years, 43% men, 57% women, tobacco index 47 packs/year, wood smoke index 233 h/year. according to the sgrq, copd stable hospitalized patients have a higher score than stable hospitalized asthmatics, (median 60 vs 45 respectively, p = 0.020) as well as limitations of activity due to dyspnea (74 and 53 respectively, p = 0.010). conclusions: hospitalized stable copd patients have a worst qol and their daily activities are more limited by dyspnea than in asthmatics. there were no significant differences in the frequency and severity of respiratory symptoms