Volume 30, Issue 3, 2021
Effects of respiratory function exercise combined with psychological nursing on cardiopulmonary function index, exercise tolerance, and quality of life in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Abstract
Background: To explore the efficacy of respiratory function exercise combined with psychological nursing on cardiopulmonary function index, exercise tolerance, and quality of life in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Methods: The data of 100 patients with stable COPD admitted to our hospital from June 2019 to June 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were assigned to the experimental group (n=50) and the control group (n=50) in alphabetical order by their initials. Patients in both groups were treated with conventional care combined with respiratory function exercise, and the experimental group additionally received psychological care intervention. Pulmonary function indicators, including forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), one-second rate (FEV1/FVC), 6-min walking test (6MWT) results, quality of life (physical health and role emotional), anxiety and depression self-rating scale scores, nursing satisfaction, and clinical efficacy were compared between the two groups before and after treatment.
Results: The two groups presented no significant differences in baseline data (p > 0.05). The experimental group outperformed the control group in terms of pulmonary function index, quality of life, and nursing satisfaction (P < 0.05). The observation group obtained lower negative emotion scores than the control group after nursing intervention (P < 0.05). After nursing, the FEV1/FVC in the experimental group was significantly higher than that in the control group [(58.63 ± 5.64) vs (46.36 ± 5.23)]. The 6MWT results in the experimental group were significantly better than those in the control group [(398.35 ± 28.65) m vs (348.97 ± 26.98) m] (all P < 0.05).
Conclusion: Respiratory function exercise combined with psychological nursing effectively improves the lung function of patients with stable COPD, eliminates patients' negative emotions, improves nursing satisfaction, and significantly boosts patients' quality of life, which merits clinical promotion.
Keywords
Psychological nursing; Functional exercise; Stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Lung function