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Experiences in elderly people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in relation to the use of long-term home oxygen therapy: a qualitative study about feelings attributed to therapy

BACKGROUND: Elderly people are more likely to suffer severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and require long-term home oxygen therapy (LTOT) as part of their treatment. LTOT has advantages such as improvement in symptoms, but there are also disadvantages such as physical barriers, psych...

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Autores principales: Bueno, Giovanna Hass, Campos, Claudinei José Gomes, Turato, Egberto Ribeiro, Paschoal, Ilma Aparecida, Valladão, Lucas Serra, Baltieri, Leticia, Martins, Luiz Cláudio
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8933854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35305608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-022-01891-6
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author Bueno, Giovanna Hass
Campos, Claudinei José Gomes
Turato, Egberto Ribeiro
Paschoal, Ilma Aparecida
Valladão, Lucas Serra
Baltieri, Leticia
Martins, Luiz Cláudio
author_facet Bueno, Giovanna Hass
Campos, Claudinei José Gomes
Turato, Egberto Ribeiro
Paschoal, Ilma Aparecida
Valladão, Lucas Serra
Baltieri, Leticia
Martins, Luiz Cláudio
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description BACKGROUND: Elderly people are more likely to suffer severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and require long-term home oxygen therapy (LTOT) as part of their treatment. LTOT has advantages such as improvement in symptoms, but there are also disadvantages such as physical barriers, psychosocial barriers and emotional challenges. The aim of this study is to understand the experiences of elderly people with COPD using LTOT with respect to their feelings attributed to therapy. METHODS: Qualitative study. Seven semidirected interviews were conducted with patients with a confirmed COPD diagnosis who used LTOT and were treated at an outpatient service. The content analysis technique was applied with the support of WebQDA software 2.0. RESULTS: Three categories emerged that were associated with the use of LTOT: (1) poor self-image; (2) feelings of sadness and (3) the impact of LTOT on others such as family and friends. CONCLUSIONS: LTOT in elderly people with COPD was associated with a poor self-image, feelings of sadness and impacted on others apart from the patient. When LTOT is prescribed, healthcare practitioners should proactively address these concerns to minimise the negative biopsychosocial experiences caused by LTOT.
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spelling pubmed-89338542022-03-21 Experiences in elderly people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in relation to the use of long-term home oxygen therapy: a qualitative study about feelings attributed to therapy Bueno, Giovanna Hass Campos, Claudinei José Gomes Turato, Egberto Ribeiro Paschoal, Ilma Aparecida Valladão, Lucas Serra Baltieri, Leticia Martins, Luiz Cláudio BMC Pulm Med Research BACKGROUND: Elderly people are more likely to suffer severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and require long-term home oxygen therapy (LTOT) as part of their treatment. LTOT has advantages such as improvement in symptoms, but there are also disadvantages such as physical barriers, psychosocial barriers and emotional challenges. The aim of this study is to understand the experiences of elderly people with COPD using LTOT with respect to their feelings attributed to therapy. METHODS: Qualitative study. Seven semidirected interviews were conducted with patients with a confirmed COPD diagnosis who used LTOT and were treated at an outpatient service. The content analysis technique was applied with the support of WebQDA software 2.0. RESULTS: Three categories emerged that were associated with the use of LTOT: (1) poor self-image; (2) feelings of sadness and (3) the impact of LTOT on others such as family and friends. CONCLUSIONS: LTOT in elderly people with COPD was associated with a poor self-image, feelings of sadness and impacted on others apart from the patient. When LTOT is prescribed, healthcare practitioners should proactively address these concerns to minimise the negative biopsychosocial experiences caused by LTOT. BioMed Central 2022-03-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8933854/ /pubmed/35305608 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-022-01891-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Bueno, Giovanna Hass
Campos, Claudinei José Gomes
Turato, Egberto Ribeiro
Paschoal, Ilma Aparecida
Valladão, Lucas Serra
Baltieri, Leticia
Martins, Luiz Cláudio
Experiences in elderly people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in relation to the use of long-term home oxygen therapy: a qualitative study about feelings attributed to therapy
title Experiences in elderly people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in relation to the use of long-term home oxygen therapy: a qualitative study about feelings attributed to therapy
title_full Experiences in elderly people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in relation to the use of long-term home oxygen therapy: a qualitative study about feelings attributed to therapy
title_fullStr Experiences in elderly people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in relation to the use of long-term home oxygen therapy: a qualitative study about feelings attributed to therapy
title_full_unstemmed Experiences in elderly people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in relation to the use of long-term home oxygen therapy: a qualitative study about feelings attributed to therapy
title_short Experiences in elderly people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in relation to the use of long-term home oxygen therapy: a qualitative study about feelings attributed to therapy
title_sort experiences in elderly people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in relation to the use of long-term home oxygen therapy: a qualitative study about feelings attributed to therapy
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8933854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35305608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-022-01891-6
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