This study aims to assess usual walking speed (4-metre gait speed) and markers of sarcopenia predict mortality in patients with chronic respiratory disease.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
565
Harefield hospital
Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Number of participant deaths
Time frame: 1 year
Number of participant deaths
Time frame: 2 years and 5 years
Number of exacerbations as defined by a worsening of symptoms that warrant a change in medication.
Time frame: 1 and 2 years
Number of hospital admissions
Time frame: 1 and 2 years
Number of patients admitted to a nursing home
Time frame: 2 and 5 years
Number of hospital bed days
Time frame: 1 and 2 years
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