Application of traditional Chinese and Western medicine combined with chronic disease management in pulmonary rehabilitation and evaluation of efficacy

Objective: This study evaluated the efficacy of traditional Chinese and western medicine combined with chronic disease management on rehabilitation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. Methods: A total of 199 COPD patients in Shanghai Construction Group (SCG) Hospital were recruited as research objects. The control group (CG) consisted of 100 patients treated with conventional western chronic disease management, and the research group (RG) consisted of 99 patients treated with chronic disease management with combined traditional Chinese and western medicine. The efficacy, pulmonary rehabilitation performance, compliance score, 6-minute walk test (6MWT), modified Medical Research Council dyspnoea scale (MMRC), COPD assessment test (CAT), pulmonary function (PaO2, PaCO2, FEV1, PEF), self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), self-rating depression scale (SDS) and patient satisfaction between the two groups were compared. Results: Pulmonary rehabilitation performance, 6MWT results, and patient satisfaction in the RG were significantly better than those in the CG. The total effective rate, compliance score, PaO2, FEV1 and PEF of the RG were significantly higher than those of the CG. After treatment, the COPD symptom score, CAT score, PaCO2, SAS score and SDS score in the RG were significantly lower than those in the CG. Conclusion: Chronic disease management with combined traditional Chinese and western medicine has great application value and high efficacy in pulmonary rehabilitation.