title: Assessment of pulmonary rehabilitation efficacy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients using the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease assessment test.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We evaluated the relationship between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) assessment test (CAT) and improvements after pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) and PR efficiency in COPD patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty COPD patients completed PR. After PR, mean change in CAT score was found to be 13 (p < 0.001), Medical Research Council (MRC), St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SRGQ) and London Chest Activity Daily Living (LCADL) scores decreased, while Endurance Shuttle Walking Test (ESWT) time and Incremental Shuttle Walking Test (ISWT) distance increased significantly. Baseline CAT scores correlated with MRC, SRGQtotal, %FVC, ISWT, ESWT, LCADL. Change in CAT was significantly correlated with changes in MRC, SGRQtotal, LCADL-leisure scores, and ESWT.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CAT score shows moderate degree correlation with some measures of outcome of PR and response to PR efficacy.
authors.affiliation: Ataturk Chest Diseases and Surgery Education and Research Hospital, Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Home Care Center, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ipek
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Candemir
authors.forename: Dicle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kaymaz
authors.forename: Pinar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ergun
authors.forename: Nese
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.forename: Nurcan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Egesel
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sengul
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010807:Physical Endurance / Q000502:physiology*; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D063189:Symptom Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease assessment test; exercise capacity; pulmonary rehabilitation; quality of life