Evaluation in Elderly Individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(COPD)

Evaluation of Balance, Physical Activity, Functional Capacity and Activities of Daily Living in Frail Elderly Individuals with COPD

This study is conducted on the evaluation of balance, physical activity, functional capacity and activities of daily living in frail elderly individuals with COPD.

Patient evaluation form and socio-demographic form of all individuals participating in the study. Characteristics will be questioned: Name-surname, address, telephone, age, gender, weight, height, body mass index, occupation, marital status, social security, any systemic other than COPD whether he has a disease, whether he has social security, whether he smokes, It will be questioned whether there is any other COPD patient in the family and whether there is pain. To assess pulmonary functions at the assessment stage for all individuals pulmonary function test to evaluate dyspnea Modified Medical Saint George Respiratory Research Council to assess health-related quality of life Two Minute Walk Test to assess exercise capacity, frailty Frail fragility scale to detect frailty, Prisma-7 Vulnerability scale to assess fragility The scale was Pase to assess physical activity, Berg Balance to assess balance scale, digital hand dynamometer to assess quadriceps muscle strength, hand grip hand dynamometer to assess strength, fatigue levels Fatigue Severity Scale will be used to evaluate.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being diagnosed with COPD according to the Gold criteria
• Be over 65 years old
• Volunteering to participate in the study
• Not having mental and communication problems that prevent filling out the questionnaires to be used in the research.
• Not having an attack in the last 2 months

Exclusion Criteria:

• Being in a COPD exacerbation process
• Having been diagnosed with a physical and mental illness
• Having unstable COPD
• Unstabile angina, previous Myocardial Infractus, uncontrolled hypertension, cancer, with functional limitations concomitant neurological or musculoskeletal disorders
• Currently addicted to alcohol or drugs
• Having severe vision and hearing problems
• Have had major surgery in the last few months
• History of recurrent significant clinical infection