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Evaluation of the severity of the complaints in patients presenting to the emergency department with dyspnea: patient and physician perception

Year 2019, , 251 - 259, 28.05.2019
https://doi.org/10.31362/patd.490564

Abstract

Purpose: Various
scales are used to determine the severity of dyspnea. In this study we aimed to
determine the relationship between patient-physician evaluations by using modified
Borg, Medical Research Council and visual analog scales.

Materials
and methods:
This prospective, observational,
cross-sectional study included consecutive patients over 18 years who presented
with dyspnea to emergency department. The severity was evaluated by patients with
using visual analog and Borg scales and by physicians with using visual analog
and Medical Research Council Scale.

Results: Of
the 87 patients, 43 (49.4%) were male and the mean age was 72.1±12.7. Patients’
visual analog scale and Borg scores (r=0.978,
p≤0.001) and physicians’ visual
analog scale and Medical Research Council scores (r=0.928, p≤0.001), and
also, patient-physician visual analog scores (r=0.641, p≤0.001) and
patients’ Borg and physicians’ Medical Research Council scores (r=0.632,
p≤0.001) were positively corelated. The patient-physician visual analog scores
were found positively corelated even in age lower 65 years (r=0.413, p=0.032) and age over 65 years groups (r=0.722, p≤0.001).
Physicians’ and patients’ visual analog scores were positive corelated in male
(r=0.730, p≤0.001) and female (r=
0.500, p≤0.001). Physicians’ Medical
Research Council and patients’ Borg scores were significant positive corelated
in the evaluation of male (r=0.711, p≤0.001) and female (r=0.542, p≤0.001).

Conclusion:
Visual analog scale, Borg and Medical Research Council scales which were used
to evaluate the severity of dyspnea in the emergency department are corelated
with each other. However, the correlation power is lower in the group of age
lower than 65 years and female patients.


References

  • 1. Dyspnea. Mechanisms, assessment, and management: a consensus statement. American Thoracic Society. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999;159:321-340.
  • 2. Yürüktümen A, Karcıoğlu Ö, Topacoğlu H, Karbek F. Dispne ile başvuran geriyatrik olgularda yakınma şiddeti ile klinik ve laboratuvar verilerinin değerlendirilmesi. Turk J Emerg Med 2009;9(4):163-168.
  • 3. Kara D, Yıldız H. Dispne semptomunun değerlendirilmesinde dispne ölçeklerinin etkinlikleri ve kullanım sıklıkları. Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 2013;2(1):137-149.
  • 4. Chin MH, Jin L, Karrison TG, Mulliken R, Hayley DC, Walter J, et al. Older patients’ health-related quality of life around an episode of emergency illness. Ann Emerg Med 1999;34(5):595-603.
  • 5. Hajiro T, Nishimura K, Tsukino M, Ikeda A, Koyama H, Izumi T. Analysis of clinical methods used to evaluate dyspnea in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1998;158(4):1185-1189.
  • 6. Tanaka K, Akechi T, Okuyama T, Nishiwaki Y, Uchitomi Y. Prevalence and screening of dyspnea interfering with daily life activities in ambulatory patients with advanced lung cancer. J Pain Symptom Manage 2002;23(6):484-489.
  • 7. Bestall JC, Paul EA, Garrod R, Garnham R, Jones PW, Wedzicha JA. Usefulness of the Medical Research Council (MRC) dyspnea scale as a measure of disability in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Thorax 1999;54(7):581-586.
  • 8. Rosi E, Stendardi L, Binazzi B, Scano G. Perception of airway obstruction and airway inflammation in asthma: a review. Lung 2006;184(5):251-258.
  • 9. Cuttitta G, Cibella F, Bellia V, Grassi V, Cossi S, Bucchieri S, Bonsignore G. Changes in FVC during methacholine-induced bronchoconstriction in elderly patients with asthma: bronchial hyperresponsiveness and aging. Chest 2001;119(6):1685-1690.
  • 10. Higgs CMB, Laszlo, G. Perception of asthma. In: Adams L, Guz A, ed. Lung biology in health and disease. Respiratory sensation New York: Marcel Dekker, 1996;285-309.
  • 11. Foglio K, Carone M, Pagani M, Bianchi L, Jones PW, Ambrosino N. Physiological and symptom determinants of exercise performance in patients with chronic airway obstruction. Respir Med 2000 Mar;94(3):256-263.
  • 12. Wilson RC, Jones PW. Influence of prior ventilatory experience on the estimation of breathlessness during exercise. Clin Sci (Lond) 1990;78(2):149-153.
  • 13. Meek PM. Influence of attention and judgment on perception of breathlessness in healthy individuals and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Nurs Res 2000;49(1):11-19.

Acil servise nefes darlığı ile başvuran hastalarda yakınma şiddetini değerlendirmede hasta ve hekim algısı

Year 2019, , 251 - 259, 28.05.2019
https://doi.org/10.31362/patd.490564

Abstract

Amaç: Tanı ve tedavi yönetiminde önemli olan nefes darlığı şiddetini
belirlemekte çeşitli ölçekler kullanılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada Modifiye Borg,
Medical Research Council ve Vizüel Analog Skalaları kullanılarak nefes darlığı
şiddetini tanımlamada hasta ve hekim değerlendirmeleri arasındaki ilişkinin
belirlenmesi amaçlandı.

Gereç
ve yöntem:

Prospektif, gözleme dayalı, kesitsel yapılan çalışmaya acil servise nefes darlığı yakınmasıyla başvuran 18 yaş üzeri ardışık
hastalar alındı. Hastalara nefes darlığı şiddetini belirlemek amacıyla Vizüel
Analog ve Borg skalaları üzerinde işaretleme yaptırıldı. Hekimler tarafından da
nefes darlığı şiddeti Vizüel Analog ve Medical Research Council skalalarıyla
değerlendirildi. Skorlama sonuçlarının birbirleriyle olan ilişkileri incelendi.

Bulgular: 87 hastanın 43’ü (%49,4) erkekti, yaş ortalaması 72,1±12,7 yıldı. Hastalarda
Vizüel Analog Skala ile Borg
skoru (r=0,978, p≤0,001), hekimlerde ise Vizüel
Analog Skala ile Medical
Research Council skoru (r=0,928,
p≤0,001) arasında; hasta ile hekim
karşılaştırmalarında ise hasta-hekim Vizüel
Analog Skala skorları (r=0.641,
p≤0.001) ve hasta Borg ile hekim Medical Research Council skorları (r=0.632, p≤0.001) arasında anlamlı pozitif korelasyon saptandı. Yaş değerlendirildiğinde;
hasta-hekim Vizüel Analog Skala skoru
65 yaş altı (r=0,413, p=0,032) ve 65 yaş üstü grupta (r=0,722, p≤0,001) anlamlı pozitif korele saptandı. Erkek (r=0,730, p≤0,001) ve kadın (r=0,500,
p≤0,001) hastaların değerlendirilmesinde
hasta-hekim Vizüel Analog Skala skorları
ve yine erkeklerde (r=0,711, p≤0,001) ve kadınlarda (r=0,542, p≤0,001) hasta Borg skoru ile hekim Medical Research Council Skalası skoru arasında anlamlı pozitif
korelasyonlar saptandı.







Sonuç: Acil serviste hasta ve hekim gözüyle nefes darlığı şiddetini değerlendirmede kullanılan Vizüel Analog Skalası,
Borg ve Medical Research Council skalaları koreledir. Ancak korelasyon gücü 65 yaş altında
ve kadınlarda daha düşüktür.

References

  • 1. Dyspnea. Mechanisms, assessment, and management: a consensus statement. American Thoracic Society. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999;159:321-340.
  • 2. Yürüktümen A, Karcıoğlu Ö, Topacoğlu H, Karbek F. Dispne ile başvuran geriyatrik olgularda yakınma şiddeti ile klinik ve laboratuvar verilerinin değerlendirilmesi. Turk J Emerg Med 2009;9(4):163-168.
  • 3. Kara D, Yıldız H. Dispne semptomunun değerlendirilmesinde dispne ölçeklerinin etkinlikleri ve kullanım sıklıkları. Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 2013;2(1):137-149.
  • 4. Chin MH, Jin L, Karrison TG, Mulliken R, Hayley DC, Walter J, et al. Older patients’ health-related quality of life around an episode of emergency illness. Ann Emerg Med 1999;34(5):595-603.
  • 5. Hajiro T, Nishimura K, Tsukino M, Ikeda A, Koyama H, Izumi T. Analysis of clinical methods used to evaluate dyspnea in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1998;158(4):1185-1189.
  • 6. Tanaka K, Akechi T, Okuyama T, Nishiwaki Y, Uchitomi Y. Prevalence and screening of dyspnea interfering with daily life activities in ambulatory patients with advanced lung cancer. J Pain Symptom Manage 2002;23(6):484-489.
  • 7. Bestall JC, Paul EA, Garrod R, Garnham R, Jones PW, Wedzicha JA. Usefulness of the Medical Research Council (MRC) dyspnea scale as a measure of disability in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Thorax 1999;54(7):581-586.
  • 8. Rosi E, Stendardi L, Binazzi B, Scano G. Perception of airway obstruction and airway inflammation in asthma: a review. Lung 2006;184(5):251-258.
  • 9. Cuttitta G, Cibella F, Bellia V, Grassi V, Cossi S, Bucchieri S, Bonsignore G. Changes in FVC during methacholine-induced bronchoconstriction in elderly patients with asthma: bronchial hyperresponsiveness and aging. Chest 2001;119(6):1685-1690.
  • 10. Higgs CMB, Laszlo, G. Perception of asthma. In: Adams L, Guz A, ed. Lung biology in health and disease. Respiratory sensation New York: Marcel Dekker, 1996;285-309.
  • 11. Foglio K, Carone M, Pagani M, Bianchi L, Jones PW, Ambrosino N. Physiological and symptom determinants of exercise performance in patients with chronic airway obstruction. Respir Med 2000 Mar;94(3):256-263.
  • 12. Wilson RC, Jones PW. Influence of prior ventilatory experience on the estimation of breathlessness during exercise. Clin Sci (Lond) 1990;78(2):149-153.
  • 13. Meek PM. Influence of attention and judgment on perception of breathlessness in healthy individuals and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Nurs Res 2000;49(1):11-19.
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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects Emergency Medicine
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

Özlem Dikme 0000-0002-9739-3925

Özgür Dikme This is me 0000-0001-6221-7932

Publication Date May 28, 2019
Submission Date November 30, 2018
Acceptance Date April 18, 2019
Published in Issue Year 2019

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AMA Dikme Ö, Dikme Ö. Acil servise nefes darlığı ile başvuran hastalarda yakınma şiddetini değerlendirmede hasta ve hekim algısı. Pam Tıp Derg. May 2019;12(2):251-259. doi:10.31362/patd.490564
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