探索GOLD 2023指南的有效性:GOLD C和D应该结合在一起吗?
Christopher Duckworth1, Michael J Boniface1, Adam Kirk2
1IT Innovation Centre, Digital Health and Biomedical Engineering, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
|October 31, 2023
概括
全球慢性阻塞性肺病倡议 (GOLD) 2023年指导方针合并了高风险的COPD类别C和D. 这项研究发现,这些组之间的症状得分和恶化率显著不同,这表明应该重新考虑合并.
科学领域:
- 肺部医学 肺部医学
- 数字健康数字健康
- 临床指南 临床指南
背景情况:
- 全球慢性阻塞性肺病倡议 (GOLD) 2023年指导方针修订了COPD分层,将GOLD C和D合并为一个新的E类别,仅基于恶化史.
- 这一变化忽略了症状学 (例如,COPD评估测试得分) 在区分高风险患者群体.
研究的目的:
- 通过评估使用GOLD 2022 ABCD方案分层的个体的疾病进展来评估GOLD 2023指南变化的影响.
- 为了确定在建议的指导方针变化后,GOLD C和D组之间的症状严重程度和恶化率是否仍然存在区别.
主要方法:
- 利用了myCOPD移动应用程序的1529名用户的数据,这是英国COPD管理的验证工具.
- 使用COPD评估测试 (CAT) 分数和12个月期间恶化率量化症状严重程度,最初被分为GOLD B,C和D组的患者.
主要成果:
- 12个月后,GOLD C和D用户之间的CAT分数仍然存在显著差异 (P = 8.2 × 10-23).
- 在12个月的时间里,GOLD C用户的恶化率明显低于GOLD D用户 (P = 3.1 × 10-2).
- 与GOLD C用户相比,GOLD B用户在随后的12个月中显示出更高的CAT得分和恶化率.
结论:
- 慢性肺炎评估测试 (CAT) 的得分仍然对分层疾病进展至关重要,反映了症状和未来恶化风险.
- 在GOLD 2023指南中,GOLD C和D类别的拟议合并值得重新考虑,因为疾病进展标志物的持续显著差异.
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