Identifying COPD patients with poor health status and low exercise tolerance through the five-repetition sit-to-stand test and modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea Score

• Published in: European journal of internal medicine Vol. 125; pp. 51 - 56
• Main Authors: Bernabéu-Mora, Roberto, Oliveira-Sousa, Silvana Loana, Medina-Mirapeix, Francesc, Gacto-Sánchez, Mariano, Ortega, Francisco, Mendoza, Leovigildo Ginel, Navarrete, Bernardino Alcázar, Rodriguez, Miguel Román, Medina, Ana Martín, Gea, Quim, Pleguezuelos, Eulogio, Miranda, Juan Antonio Riesco, Villar, Alberto Fernández, Río, Francisco García, Puente, Luis, Ancochea, Julio, Romero, Germán Peces-Barba, campos, Sergio, Esteban, Cristobal, Soler, Juan José
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.07.2024
• Subjects: Aged; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dyspnea; Dyspnea - diagnosis; Dyspnea - physiopathology; Exercise Test; Exercise tolerance; Exercise Tolerance - physiology; Female; Health Status; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - complications; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - diagnosis; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - physiopathology; Severity of Illness Index; Smoking - epidemiology; Walk Test; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Exercise tolerance; Health status; Dyspnea

•Health status and exercise tolerance are relevant non-pulmonary markers for patients with COPD.•The differential characteristics of subjects with both poor health status (CAT score ≥ 10 points) and low exercise tolerance (6MWT < 350 m) have not been explored yet.•Our results evince a worse clini...