Characteristics and Degree of Dyspnea that Happened in COPD Patients Using Modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) Method at Dustira Cimahi Hospital

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10.2991/ahsr.k.210723.043How to use a DOI?

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degree of breathlessness, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, modified medical research council

Abstract

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is characterized by persistent airflow resistance. The degree of breathlessness in each patient can be measured by Modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) questionnaire. This study was descriptive by interviewing COPD patients. This study has been done on 45 patients at Dustira Hospital pulmonary clinic and ward in December 2018. The data obtained from questionnaires and medical records were presented in the descriptive form and arranged in table form using the SPSS application. The result in the pulmonary clinic, most patients are in mMRC grade 0 there are 13 patients (52%) and, mMRC grade 1 there are 10 patients (40%). While in the pulmonary ward, most patients are in mMRC grade 2 and 3 there are 8 patients (40%). Based on the characteristics, there are 15 patients (33,3%) up to 70 years old, 29 patients (64,4%) are male, 18 patients (72%) are had last educated in high school, and 31 patients (68,9%) didn’t work. The result of this study concluded that the characteristics of COPD patients consisted of age, gender, occupation, and degree of smoking which were risk factors for COPD. The degree of breathlessness measured using the mMRC method is different for each patient. This result occurs because the breathlessness is qualitatively different in each COPD patient.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - I Wayan Agus Putra
AU  - Novita Kumala
AU  - Irwanto Ichlas
AU  - Raynisa Budhy Pratiwi
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/07/24
TI  - Characteristics and Degree of Dyspnea that Happened in COPD Patients Using Modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) Method at Dustira Cimahi Hospital
BT  - Proceedings of the 12th Annual Scientific Meeting, Medical Faculty, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani, International Symposium on "Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response during COVID 19 Pandemic" (ASMC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 177
EP  - 181
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.210723.043
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.210723.043
ID  - Putra2021
ER  -