M.Sc (Nursing) Lecturer , HOD of Medical Surgical Nursing, Dept., of Medical Surgical Nursing, KMC college of Nursing, Trichy , Tamilnadu, India
6MWT ,COPD ,Pulmonary Rehabilitation ,CAT ,WHO ,

The WHO estimate quotes a figure of almost 5,56,000 deaths attributable to COPD in the SoutheastAsian region, which majorly comprises India. The challenge in both treatment and prevention of COPD remains the same. Total number of patients in the study were 59 out of whom 28 patients were in Study Group (Group A) who had completed 45 days of HBPR with periodic follow up, and 31 patients were in control group (Group B) who were followed up regularly. In study group (Group A): There was a mean increase in CAT score at 45 days compared to baseline with statistical significance (p<0.0001, C.I: -6.301 to - 4.514). Pulmonary rehabilitation is a system that systematically makes use of medical-based control and evaluation alternatives to acquire an ultimate every day functioning and fitness-related nice of lifestyles of man or woman sufferers tormented by impairment and disability because of a persistent respiratory disorder, as measured clinically or physiologically applicable outcome measures. Rehabilitation is suitable for any affected person with persistent lung disease, who is disabled via respiration symptoms. It has appeared as a part of control for sufferers with chronic lung disease based totally on a developing body of clinical indication. The effect of rehabilitation enhances first-rate of remedy to be able to control signs and optimize practical capacity. In comparison to clinic putting, domiciliary reintegration has been favored since it is greater expedient for patients as they live at domestic and continue in contact with their households and observe education of their life style. Domiciliary pulmonary rehabilitation has still not been evaluated in majority of the South Indian patients

10 , 2 , 2020