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Enfermería universitaria
versión On-line ISSN 2395-8421versión impresa ISSN 1665-7063
Resumen
ACHURY-BELTRAN, L.F. y GARCIA-PENUELA, P.. Effect of an educational group activity on the quality of life of persons with COPD. Enferm. univ [online]. 2019, vol.16, n.2, pp.171-184. ISSN 2395-8421. https://doi.org/10.22201/eneo.23958421e.2019.2.649.
Introduction:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an important public health problem which affects the quality of life. Consequently, interventions aimed at reducing these impacts are necessary.
Objective:
To determine the effect of an educational group activity on the quality of life of persons with COPD being attended in a fourth level institution in Bogota, Colombia, in september, 2017 and june, 2018.
Methods:
The study design was quasi-experimental. The independent variable was the educational group activity, and the dependent variable was the quality of life measured by the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ). Patients were randomized using a computer generated table. The control group (n=30) received the usual intervention while the experimental group (n=30) had an educational group activity designed under international recommendations and given by the nursing staff. Patients who had had other group activities during the last two months were excluded.
Results:
The post intervention quality of life mean was 41% and 32% for the control and experimental groups respectively. The most compromised dimension was activity. No statistically significant differences were found in the within-group and between-group analyzes.
Discussion:
The slight post intervention improvement in the dimensions of activity and impact is consistent with other similar studies, but results might vary in relation to the activities performed.
Conclusions:
This group activity did not induce a statistically significant improvement in the overall quality of life of persons living with COPD, nevertheless, slight improvements were found in the dimensions of activity, impact, and total score.
Palabras llave : Education; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; quality of life; nursing; Colombia.