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Dietary problems in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Author(s) -
Grönberg A. M.,
Slinde F.,
Engström C.P.,
Hulthén L.,
Larsson S.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of human nutrition and dietetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1365-277X
pISSN - 0952-3871
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-277x.2005.00649.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bioelectrical impedance analysis , body mass index , copd , mass index , depression (economics) , pulmonary function testing , anxiety , anorexia , physical therapy , observational study , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics
Background and aims Low body weight and low fat‐free mass‐index (FFMI) are common in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Several factors seem to contribute. The aims of the present observational study were to investigate dietary problems in patients with severe COPD and to compare dietary problems to nutritional status, energy intake and smoking habits. Methods Nutritional status was assessed in 73 stable outpatients using body mass index and FFMI by single‐frequency bioelectrical impedance. Lung function, smoking habits, energy intake and dietary problems were also assessed. Results The most frequently reported dietary problems were ‘anorexia’, ‘dyspeptic symptoms other than diarrhoea’, ‘slimming’, ‘fear of gaining weight’, ‘dyspnoea’, ‘diarrhoea’, ’depression, anxiety, solitude’. Smoking habits and gender had impact on the kind of dietary problems reported. Reporting two dietary problems correlated to low FFMI, whereas reporting one or more dietary problems correlated to decreased energy intake. Conclusion Dietary problems are common in the group studied and related to smoking habits and gender. Dietary problems affect energy intake and FFMI negatively. It is important to recognize dietary problems and to offer intervention of the dietary problems as a part of the dietary intervention.