Impact of adherence to long-term oxygen therapy on patients with COPD and exertional hypoxemia followed for one year.
Carolina Bonfanti MesquitaCaroline KnautLaura Miranda de Oliveira CaramRenata FerrariSilméia Garcia Zanati BazanIrma de GodoySuzana Erico TanniPublished in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia (2019)
Quality of life appears to be lower in patients with COPD and exertional hypoxemia who do not adhere to LTOT than in those who do. In addition, LTOT appears to have a beneficial effect on COPD symptoms (as assessed by SGRQ scores). (Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials - ReBEC; identification number RBR-9b4v63 [http://www.ensaiosclinicos.gov.br]).