Ahmadi Zainab
Division of Respiratory Medicine & Allergology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2018 Sep;12(3):214-218. doi: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000364.
Chronic breathlessness is a common and distressing symptom globally. It is associated with major adverse health outcomes. This review provides an overview of new evidence about the prevalence of chronic breathlessness in the population.
A literature search was conducted using MEDLINE database including studies on prevalence of chronic breathlessness and its impact on the community published between 2016 and 2018. Identified studies were divided into four themes: breathlessness in relation to sex, BMI, quality of life and age (the elderly). In the general population, breathlessness was twice as common in women as in men related to their smaller absolute lung volumes. Obesity was to be found an independent risk factor for chronic breathlessness. A strong association between chronic breathlessness and poor physical and mental health-related quality of life was found across all adult age groups. Among elderly people, breathlessness predicted activity of daily living decline over 5 years.
Interesting large population-based studies published recently have shed light on the association between chronic breathlessness and sex, obesity, quality of life and increasing age.
慢性呼吸急促是全球常见且令人苦恼的症状。它与主要的不良健康后果相关。本综述概述了有关人群中慢性呼吸急促患病率的新证据。
使用MEDLINE数据库进行文献检索，纳入2016年至2018年间发表的关于慢性呼吸急促患病率及其对社区影响的研究。确定的研究分为四个主题：与性别、体重指数、生活质量和年龄（老年人）相关的呼吸急促。在一般人群中，由于女性绝对肺容积较小，呼吸急促的发生率是男性的两倍。肥胖是慢性呼吸急促的独立危险因素。在所有成年年龄组中，慢性呼吸急促与身心健康相关生活质量差之间存在强烈关联。在老年人中，呼吸急促预示着5年内日常生活活动能力下降。
最近发表的有趣的基于大人群的研究揭示了慢性呼吸急促与性别、肥胖、生活质量和年龄增长之间的关联。
