The educational health diagnosis of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using home oxygen

Abstract

Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a respiratory disease characterized by chronic airflow obstruction associated with abnormal lung inflammatory responses. In advanced cases, the person with the disease needs supplemental oxygen, limiting their activities of daily living.Objective: To identify the educational health diagnosis of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using home oxygen from the Better at Home Program. Methods: This article describes the first phase of a design-based research carried out in Dourados-Mato Grosso do Sul, from November 2022 to March 2023. Fourteen subjects participated in the research, 9 women and 5 men, with a mean age of 73.4 years. The interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed, followed by content analysis based on Maria Helena Salgado Bagnato's framework. Results: Two educational diagnoses were identified: providing an exchange of knowledge for a better understanding of the disease and identifying conditions for the subjects to face and adapt to the limitations of the disease. Conclusion: Thus, based on these diagnoses, the physiotherapist's health education actions will consist of planning alternatives for understanding and understanding the illness process, and providing ways to better adapt to the limitations of the disease, making them active subjects in their process of health education.