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Chunchun Yu1, Mengying Xu1, Xinyue Pang2
1Key Laboratory of Interventional Pulmonology of Zhejiang Province, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, People's Republic of China.
Purpose:
This study aims to construct a contemporaneous symptom network of inpatients with Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (ECOPD) based on the symptom cluster, identify core and bridge symptoms, and patient subgroups with different symptom clusters based on individual differences in the intensity of patient symptom experiences.
Patients And Methods:
This study used convenience sampling to collect demographic, symptom, auxiliary examination, and prognosis information of 208 inpatients with ECOPD from April 2022 to October 2023. The data underwent exploratory factor analysis (EFA), symptom network analysis, latent class analysis (LCA), Spearman correlation analysis, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, single-factor regression and multiple-factor stepwise regression.
Results:
In hospitalized patients with ECOPD, symptom network analysis revealed that loss of appetite was the core symptom, while chest distress was the bridge symptom. Through LCA analysis, two symptom subgroups were identified: a high-symptom group (53.8%) and a low-symptom group (46.2%). This suggests that there is significant heterogeneity in symptom experience among ECOPD individuals. Patients in the high-symptom group had a higher probability of experiencing symptom clusters related to nutrition-sleep.
Conclusion:
The combination of symptom network analysis and LCA comprehensively captures the symptom/symptom cluster characteristics and accounts for the heterogeneity of ECOPD patients from both individual and group perspectives. This study identifies core symptoms, bridge symptoms, and symptom subgroups, offering valuable insights for precision symptom management in ECOPD.
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