Efficacy of Comprehensive Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients with Kyphoscoliosis; in Which Patients, the Gainings are Prominent?
Abstract
Objectives: Kyphoscoliosis (KS) is a common spinal deformity. The most common symptoms are dyspnea, reduced exercise capacity, and impaired
quality of life. The aim of our study was to investigate the effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in patients with KS and in which patients
the gainings are prominent.
Materials and Methods: Forty-six patients who were diagnosed as KS and completed a multidisciplinary comprehensive supervised outpatient
PR program were evaluated. Pulmonary functions, body composition, exercise capacity, respiratory and peripheral muscle strength, quality of life,
psychological states were assessed before and after the PR program. The data of the patients were reviewed retrospectively.
Results: After the PR program, statistically significant differences were observed in Medical Research Council (MRC) levels, Borg, incremental
shuttle walking test, endurance shuttle walking test, six minutes walk test, maximal inspiratory pressure, maximal expiratory pressure, hand grip
test, deltoid and quadriceps 1-repetition maximum tests, St. George Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ), chronic respiratory diseases questionnaire,
hospital anxiety and depression scores (HAD-anxiety/depression). There was a statistically significant negative correlation between the initial FEV1
and the gain in anxiety. We also found a statistically significant negative correlation between the initial MRC, SGRQ, anxiety values and the gainings
in depression data.
Conclusion: After multidisciplinary comprehensive PR program, there was an improvement in perception of dyspnea, muscle strengths, exercise
capacities, quality of life, anxiety and depression scores. Our results indicate that the most prominent gainings were in the early stages of the disease.
Keywords
Kyphoscoliosis, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Efficacy
Ethical Statement
Ethics
Ethics Committee Approval: The University of Health
Sciences Turkey, Ankara Atatürk Chest Diseases and Thoracic
Surgery Training and Research Hospital Ethics Committee, has
approved the study (dated: 15.10.2020 and numbered 697-5).
Informed Consent: The informed consent was obtained
from the patients.
Peer-reviewed: Externally peer-reviewed.
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