International Journal of Tropical Medicine
ISSN: Online 1818-779XISSN: Print 1816-3319
Abstract
In this study, we analyzed the BODE index as a predictor of hospitalization and severity in patients with COPD. A total of 100 patients who attended our outpatient were enrolled into the study. Of these, 60 patients of COPD were selected as cases. The patients with the following diagnostic criteria (according to the GOLD guidelines) were defined as having COPD. All the cases were males. Among patients with COPD, there were (35.56%) patients who had mild COPD with a BODE score between 0‐2. Moderate (BODE score of 3‐5) and severe COPD (BODE score >or equal to 6) groups had patients (32.22%) each. The average age of participants in the study was 55.71 years. Among the COPD patients, BODE index was found to increase with age with the mild group having a mean age of 53.47 years, moderate group 55.00 years and the severe group. The study revealed that the BODE score was significantly associated with the number of pack years of smoking., 7.42 pack yrs in mild cases, 15.07 in moderate and 26.90 in severe cases. On multiple comparison by LSD the difference between control group and mild group was not statistically significant but that of the other 2 groups were highly significant. The study results showed that a higher BODE score was associated with a higher incidence of hospital stay due to reasons related to COPD, over the past 2 years. The control group and the mild COPD group did not have any significant hospital admission during the past 2 years. The average duration of stay in the moderate study group was 3.17 days while it was 16 days in the group with severe COPD according to the BODE score. Both these values were found to be significant on multiple comparisons to other groups.
How to cite this article:
Vuppu Himavarsh, Prathipati Pullarao and G. Venkata Lakshmi. A Prospective Study of Bode Index as a Predictor of Severity in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makijtm.2022.44.49
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1816-3319/10.36478/makijtm.2022.44.49