CHARACTERISTICS AND DEGREE OF DYSPNEU THAT HAPPEND IN COPD PATIENTS USING MODIFIED MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (mMRC) METHODE AT DUSTIRA CIMAHI HOSPITAL
I Wayan Agus Putra, Novita Kumala, Irwanto Ichlas, Raynisa Budhy Pratiwi

Jenderal Achmad Yani University

Abstract

Chonic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease characterized by persistent air flow resistance. The degree of breathless in each patient can be measured by Modified Medical Research Counsil (mMRC) questionnaire. This study as a descriptive by doing an interview to the COPS^s Patient. This study has been done on 45 patients at Dustira Hospital Pulmonary clinic and ward on December 2018. The data obtained from questionnaires and medical record that presented in the descriptive form and arranged in table from using SPSS application. In the pulmonary clinic, there are 13 patients (52%) in mMRC grade 0,10 patients (40%) in mMRC grade 1,2 patients (8%) in mMRC grade 2, and no patient in mMRC grade 3 and 4. While in the pulmonary ward, most patients are in mMRC grade 2 and 3 there are 8 patients(40%), no patient in mMRC grade 0, 2 patients(10%) in mMRC grade 1, and 2 patients (10%) in mMRC grade 4. Based on the characteristics,there are 15patients (33,3%) up to 70 years old, 29 patients (64,4%) are male,18 patients (72%) are hadlast educatedonhighschool, and 31 patients (68,9%)didn^twork.The result of this study concluded that the characteristics of COPD^s patients consisted of age, gender,occupation, and degree of smoking which were risk factors for COPD. The degree of breathlessness measured using the mMRC method is different for each patient. This result occurs because the breathless is qualitatively different in each COPD^s patient.

Keywords: degree of breathless, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, modified medical research council

Topic: Epidemology