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Daniele Prestes1, Diego Fernando Dorneles Bilheri1, Juliana Rosa Nascimento1
1Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.
Purpose:
To verify the relationship between the risk of dysphagia and health status in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
Method:
Cross-sectional study with convenience sample. Twenty-three individuals with a diagnosis of COPD according to GOLD 2019 criteria. The individuals participated in a pulmonary rehabilitation program, clinically stable (without exacerbations of at least 30 days) and in optimized drug treatment were included. The study analyzed anthropometric measures (BMI), peak expiratory flow (PEF), mental status (MEEM), eating assessment tool (EAT-10), and health status (COPD Assessment Test -CAT). The mean age was 60.39 ± 9.90 years, 11 individuals were female and eutrophic.
Results:
We observed a positive and moderate association (r = 0.57, p = 0.004) between the CAT and EAT-10 scores in the sample studied.
Conclusion:
The results demonstrated relationship between the risk of dysphagia and the health status in individuals with COPD.
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