Repetibilidade da avaliação do grau de dispnéia através de um sistema de cargas resistivas inspiratória em indivíduos normais

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

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Introduction: Studies have shown that the magnitude of externally added inspiratory resistive loads follows a predictable relationship with dyspnea perception, in which the psychological magnitude grows as a power of the added loads. The effect of repeated measures of dyspnea perception using resistive loading system is not clear in literature. Objective: To study the repeatability of the dyspnea perception using an inspiratory resistive loading system in normal subjects. Methods: Cross sectional study conducted in healthy individuals aged ¿ 18 years, with data collected prospectively. Dyspnea perception was assessed using an inspiratory resistive load system previously described that comprises a unidirectional valve (Hans-Rudolph) and a rebreathing circuit. The sensation of dyspnea was assessed during ventilation with increasing in inspiratory resistive loads (¿ 0, 6.7, 15, 25, 46.7, 67, 78 and ¿ 0 L/s/cmH2O), for a flow 300 ml/s, returning to the resistance of 0. After breathing in each level of resistance for two minutes, the subject expressed the feeling of shortness of breath (dyspnea) using the modified Borg scale. Subjects were tested twice (intervals from 3 to 7 days). Results: The study included 16 healthy individuals, 8 men and 8 women and all were white. The mean age was 36.3 ±11.9 years. The body mass index averaged 23.9±2.8 kg/m2. The median scores dyspnea perception in the first test were 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 7 and 1 point, respectively, during ventilation with resistive loads of ¿ 0, 6.7,15, 25, 46.7, 67, 78 and ¿ 0 L/s/cmH2O. The median scores in the second test were, respectively, 0, 0, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4 and 0.5 points. The agreement assessed by intraclass correlation coefficient was, respectively, for each resistive load, 0.57, 0.80, 0.74, 0.80, 0.83, 0.86, 0.91, and 0.92. In a generalized linear model analysis, there was a statistically significant difference between the moments of resistive loads (p<0.001) and between tests (p=0.003). Dyspnea scores were significantly lower in the second test. There were no difference for inspiratory pressures (p=0.59) and respiratory frequency (p=0.81) between two tests. Conclusion: The agreement between the two tests of dyspnea perception was only moderate and dyspnea scores were lower in the second test. These findings suggested an evidence for a learning effect. Dyspnea perception may be modified by previous experience. The subject could control better the sense of cortical afference and/or learn to ventilate in the system with repeated measures.

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dyspnea dispnéia perception capacidade inspiratória normal subjects percepção inspiratory resistive loading system testes de função respiratória psicologia repeatability

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