Abstract:
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is characterized by
persistent airflow limitation that is usually progressive and not fully reversible
associated with an enhanced chronic inflammatory response in the airway and the
lung noxious particles or gases. COPD is a leading cause of morbidity and
mortality in the world. The prevalence of COPD in Indonesia associated with
high level of indoor and outdoor air pollution and other biomass fuels are risk
factor of COPD. One of the most important risk factor of COPD is smoking
habit. The aim of this study was to determine the corelation between smoking
habit and grade of COPD at Pulmonary Clinic of RSUD Arifin Achmad
Pekanbaru. This study was observational analytic with cross sectional approach.
The subjects were patients who had diagnosed as COPD at Pulmonary Clinic of
RSUD Arifin Achmad Pekanbaru on January until February 2013. There were 30
patients met the inclusion criteria. The results of this study show that all of COPD
patients at Pulmonary Clinic of RSUD Arifin Achmad Pekanbaru on January until
February 2013 were males (100%) with aged 40-80 years old, the highest
smoking habit was ex-smokers (66.67%) with the highest grade of smokers was
heavy smokers (36.67%), the highest grade of COPD was very severe COPD
(46.66%). There was no corelation between smoking habit and grade of COPD (p
value> 0,05).
