Correlation between for cognition level disease and prognosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Objective: To investigate the correlation between disease cognition level and the prognosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD).Methods: One hundred and fifty-five hospitalized patients with acute aggravated COPD were randomly selected and their cognition level of the disease was surveyed by questionnaire.Results: The survey discovered that the cognition level of the patients to COPD was positively correlated with the degree of education and disease prognosis(P<0.01).Conclusions: Relevant instruction is advantageous for patients with COPD.Appropriate psychological intervene may help the prognosis of the patients with acute aggravated COPD and shorten the average hospital stay.