Clasificación de la gravedad de la enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica según la nueva guía Iniciativa Global para la Enfermedad Obstructiva Crónica 2011: COPD Assessment Test versus modified Medical Research Council |
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Authors: | Cristina Rieger-Reyes Francisco Javier García-Tirado Francisco Javier Rubio-Galán José María Marín-Trigo |
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Institution: | 1. Centro de Salud Torre Ramona, Unidad Docente de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Sector II, Zaragoza, España;2. Servicio de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, España;3. Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, España |
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Abstract: | IntroductionThe GOLD 2011 revision proposes to stratify patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by measuring the impact of the disease using the modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) scale or COPD assessment test (CAT). Our aim was to determine whether both methods are equivalent.Patients and methodsObservational study on a cohort of 283 patients diagnosed with COPD. We analyzed the demographic and lung function results. Patients were assessed by CAT and mMRC on the same day by the same interviewer, and divided into GOLD 2011 categories according to the result of the evaluation. The degree of concordance and Spearman correlation were determined. We used ANOVA on the clinical and functional variables of the four GOLD 2011 categories.ResultsAssessing the classification of patients according to the method used, an overall correlation ρ = 0.613 and a degree of concordance κ = 0.63 (moderate) were obtained. κ = 0.44 was obtained for the 152 patients in categories A and B (moderate-low), and 0.38 for the 131 patients in categories C and D (low). Differences were observed between categories in terms of functional parameters.ConclusionsThe classification of patients with COPD using the assessment proposed by GOLD 2011 varies according to the method used (CAT or mMRC); more than 25% of patients were reclassified into different categories, implying differences in the recommended therapeutic strategy. Longitudinal studies are needed to appraise which method better classifies patients, according to its prognostic ability. |
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Keywords: | Enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva cró nica Cuestionarios Categorizació n Concordancia Correlació n |
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