Effect of high quality nursing and respiratory training on pulmonary function and quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Objective: This research was aimed to evaluate the impact of high quality nursing (HQN) plus respiratory training on treatment compliance, pulmonary function (PF) and quality of life (QoL) of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 89 COPD patients who were treated at the affiliated Nanhua Hospital from February 2019 to February 2021. Among them, 40 cases received drug treatment and breathing training as the control group, and 49 cases were supplemented with HQN as the experimental group on the basis of the control group. The changes in PF, quality of life and compliance were compared between the two groups. Results: Vital capacity (VC) and alveolar ventilation (VA) increased in both cohorts after treatment (P < 0.05), and increased more significantly in experimental group compared with control group (P < 0.05). Experimental group also presented markedly higher total effective rate and noticeably lower scores of symptoms, activities and disease impact on daily life than control group (P < 0.05). Conclusions: HQN plus respiratory training can effectively improve the PF, efficacy and QoL of patients with COPD.