Acta
Medica Medianae
Vol. 42
Number 4, Oktobar, 2003
UDK 61
YU ISSN 0365-4478
Correspondence to:
Ljiljana Isaković
Specijalna bolnica za prevenciju, lečenje i rehabilitaciju nespecifičnih
plučnih oboljenja "Sokobanja"
Vojvodc Mišića 48
18230 Sokobanja, Srbija i Crna Gora
Tel.: 018/830-148,
e-mail: sbol@bankerinter. net
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THE IMPORTANCE OF MEDICAL FINDINGS
AND OBSTRUCTION DEGREE TO THE LIFE QUALITY OF ASTHMATIC PATIENTS
Ljiljana Isaković, Vesna
Milanović, Vesna Bojić i Ljiljana Milojković
Specijalna bolnica za prevenciju, lečenje
i rehabilitaciju nespecifičnih plućnih oboljenja "Soko Banja" u Soko
Banji
Due to its confirmed measuring characteristics, the questionnaire of
life quality (AQLQ) enabled us to examine and realize the importance of
medical findings and obstruction degree to the life quality of asthmatic
patients. Examination of medical findings and obstruction degree related
to the life quality of patients, booth for specific areas and for
general life quality of our examinees. There were 100 examinees, out of
which 66 (66%) were women and 34 (34%) men. Their average age was
43.92+12.25 and they were all hospitalized in the "Sokobanja" special
hospital during the period of 2 or 3 weeks.
The patients were divided into four groups according to the presence of
pathological 1 lung sounds:
I (18 patients): no pathological lung sounds;
II (41 patients): high-pitched whistles;
III (6 patients): low-pitched whistles;
IV (35 patients): polyphonic whistling.
According to the seriousness of obstruction they were divided into three
groups:
I (22 patients): less than 60% of anticipated standard;
II (31 patients): 60% to 80%
III (47 patients): more than 80%.
The highest scores in the questonare had the patients with normal
auscultatory findings (I group) and the lowest scores had the patients
with polyphonic whistling (IV group). The presence of pathological lung
sounds reflected mostly in the area of the symptoms of disease p=0.0048
(F=4.587). Namely, the greatest difference in scores of respective areas
of the questionnaire was in this very area. Life quality depends
directly on the obstruction degree of the air flow through bronchial
tubes measured by parameter FEV1 %. There is a statistically important
difference among all the scores of AQLQ with respect to the groups of
patients p=0.005 (F=7.561), except for the scores of the exposal to the
outside factors.
The importance was especially great with the symptoms and limited
activity.
The results of the examination show that booth the presence of
pathological lung sounds and obstruction degree of the air flow in
bronchial tubes measured by parameter FEV1% effected life quality. Acta
Medica Medianae 2003; 42 (4):39-42.
Key words: asthma, life quality, medical findings, obstruction
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