About half of all @entity1 on home @entity26 therapy receive non-continuous @entity26 therapy (less than 15 h daily) (NCOT). The goal of NCOT is to improve well-being during daily activities and to improve sleep quality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of NCOT on pulmonary symptoms and sleep quality, and to determine whether @entity1 with a subjective beneficial effect differed from those without effect in terms of @entity1 ' characteristics, utilization of @entity26 , hospitalization and survival. Furthermore, the relationship between the reported beneficial effect of NCOT on dyspnoea and physical activity during domestic activities was examined. During the period November 1994 to July 1995, 254 Danish @entity1 were prescribed @entity26 less than 12 h daily or 'on demand'. Of these @entity1 , 142 (55.9%) answered a questionnaire on hours spent with @entity26 and symptomatic effect of @entity26 treatment. While on @entity26 , 76.3% of the @entity1 reported improved dyspnoea score (0-10) more than 0.5 points, 78.3% had improved quality of life, 59.5% improved sleep, 48.5% increased physical activity, 49.3% felt less tired and 40.0% reported improved thinking. Fifty-seven (43.2%) @entity1 reported both improved dyspnoea and physical activity whereas seven (5.3%) @entity1 reported that @entity26 had no effect on dyspnoea but a beneficial effect on physical activity Only 11 (7.7%) @entity1 reported no subjective improvement on @entity26 . The subjective effect of NCOT was not significantly associated to hours spent with @entity26 . the underlying disease, gender, hospitalization or survival. During daily activity and regardless of daily number of hours spent with @entity26 , NCOT improved well-being in nearly all @entity1 . The most pronounced improvement was reported on dyspnoea, sleep and quality of life. Very few @entity1 sensed improved physical activity without relief in breathlessness.

Non-continuous home XXXX therapy: utilization, symptomatic effect and prognosis, data from a national register on home @entity26 therapy.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity26 :: ('MESH:D010100', 'Chemical') :: ['oxygen']
@entity26 :: (MESH:D010100,Chemical) :: ['oxygen']
