EXERCISE AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN LUNG TRANSPLANT CANDIDATES.
Contributors: University of Pittsburgh.
Published: 1992
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: Quality of life is a multidimensional construct which was defined to include three parameters: functional status, life satisfaction and symptoms. This pilot study was an initial step toward evaluating outcomes of a health maintenance program consisting of education/exercise training (EE) or education alone (E). Nine lung transplant candidates (2 men, 7 women) aged 40 $\pm$ 10 years with a mean FEV$\sb1$ 33 $\pm$ 8% of predicted were matched according to diagnosis and randomized to participate in a 6 week program involving EE or E. Subjects completed the Quality of Well Being Scale (QWB), Quality of Life Index (QLI), modified Symptom Frequency/Symptom Distress Scale (MSFSD), a Quality of Life Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), 6 minute walk distance (6MWD), and cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPEx).

There were no significant differences at baseline for age, weight, pulmonary function or arterial blood gases. When analyzed by repeated measures ANOVA, QWB scores improved significantly (p $<$ 0.005) over time in both the education group alone and the education/exercise group. No significant differences were seen in other measures. Further study is recommended because the sample size was small and amount of variability large.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-06, Section: B, page: 2787.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, 1992.

School code: 0178.