Abstract

Fatigue, one of the most important symptoms in COPD and if not controlled, the activities of daily living and quality of life of the individual are negatively affected. The study aims to determine the relationship between fatigue levels and daily living activities of individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The average age of the patients participating in the study was 69.18±9.6, 66.7% were male. The mean fatigue score of the patients was 64.15±14.3. It was determined that 6.3% of the patients were semi-dependent in their activities of daily living and 30.6% were semi-dependent in their instrumental activities of daily living. A negative and statistically significant relationship between the fatigue score of the patients and the score of activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living was found (p=0.001, p=0.003). Also there was negative relationship between age and IADL. Fatigue levels of individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; bathing, dressing, home works, transportation means to meet the requirements of the need to meet higher in dependent group. The mean fatigue score of the patients was above the scale average. The determination of the areas where these patients are dependent on is important in terms of solution approaches.

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