Changes in problematic activities of daily living in persons with COPD during 1 year of usual care

Nienke Nakken; Daisy J A Janssen; Emiel F M Wouters; Esther H A van den Bogaart; Jean W M Muris; Geeuwke J de Vries; Gerben P Bootsma; Michiel H M Gronenschild; Jeannet M L Delbressine; Monique van Vliet; Martijn A Spruit

doi:10.1111/1440-1630.12664

Changes in problematic activities of daily living in persons with COPD during 1 year of usual care

Aust Occup Ther J. 2020 Oct;67(5):447-457. doi: 10.1111/1440-1630.12664. Epub 2020 Apr 23.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Research and Development, CIRO, Horn, the Netherlands.
² Department of Health Services Research, CAPHRI, Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+), Maastricht, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Respiratory Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Family Medicine, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Zuyderland, Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands.
⁷ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Zuyderland, Heerlen, the Netherlands.
⁸ Reval Rehabilitation Research, Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.

PMID: 32323868
DOI: 10.1111/1440-1630.12664

Abstract

Introduction: Persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are often limited in performing their activities of daily living (ADLs). However, it remains unknown whether and to what extent problematic ADLs change over time and whether exacerbation-related hospitalisations affect problematic ADLs. Therefore, we investigated self-reported problematic ADLs of persons with COPD during 1 year of usual care (i.e. without a specific experimental intervention).

Methods: Stable persons with moderate to very severe COPD (n = 137) were included in this longitudinal study (registered in the Dutch Trial Register [NTR 3941]). Participants were visited at home at baseline and after 1 year. Participants with an exacerbation-related hospitalisation during follow-up were visited additionally within 2 weeks after hospital discharge. During all visits, participants' personalised problematic ADLs were assessed using the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM), and perceived performance and satisfaction of important problematic ADLs were rated on a 10-point scale.

Results: In total, 90% of the participants reported at least one new important problematic ADL after 1 year. In the subgroup of participants with an exacerbation-related hospitalisation (n = 31), 92% of the participants reported new problematic ADLs 2 weeks after discharge and 90% reported new problematic ADLs again after 1 year. Only the satisfaction score of problematic ADLs as mentioned during baseline improved after 1-year follow-up in all participants (p = .002) and in participants without an exacerbation-related hospitalisation (n = 106; p = .014).

Conclusion: Problematic ADLs changed during 1 year of usual care, which underlines the need for regular assessment of problematic ADLs and referral to treatment options like monodisciplinary occupational therapy and/or a comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation programme.

Keywords: activities of daily living; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; disease exacerbation; longitudinal studies; occupational therapy.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Activities of Daily Living*
Aged
Female
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Middle Aged
Occupational Therapy / methods*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / physiopathology*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / rehabilitation*
Severity of Illness Index