[PDF] Top 20 Health-related quality of life is related to COPD disease severity

... of severity based on FVC % predicted nor- mal was also investigated with the same model with clas- sification into four groups: stage I: > 95%, stage II: 95- 81%, stage 3: 80-66% and stage IV; < ... See full document

... chronic disease re- port lower health-related quality of life than aged matched that population based samples ...lowest quality of life reported by those requiring aged ... See full document

... of severity, caregiving a child is often a life ...of health and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of informal ... See full document

... on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has occupied a prominent place among researchers, in order to know and describe the various aspects of populations, dealing with the personal and ... See full document

... cardiovascular disease who also have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) because of concerns that they might provoke bronchospasm and cause deterioration in health ...in COPD ... See full document

... of health, as perceived by the patient, thus allowing for an adjustment of the ...the disease and/or the received medical ...of health and the related treatments, is defined as ... See full document

... of health-related quality of life and the variables of age, sex, marital status, comorbidity, education level, income ad- equacy, body mass index, and history of ...between ... See full document

... Abstract: Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is an important health outcome in the holistic management of patients especially those suffering from life limiting conditions ... See full document

... respiratory disease charac- terised by cough, sputum production and frequent chest infections [1, ...impact health related quality of life ...of disease on patients’ lives and ... See full document

... the disease (COPD) specific St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) and SF-36 Generic health related quality of life (HRQoL) scale is linked both to respiratory and ... See full document

... stable COPD patients were included (age, 62 [56–69] years, 128 male, forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV 1 ]: 57 [37–72] % predicted) (median ...analyses, health-related quality of ... See full document

... However, health awareness should be excluded because of poor evidence indicating its effect on AS ...of disease in “general characteristics”, making it acceptable as an observed ... See full document

... demographics, COPD severity, respiratory treatment, and medication adherence and ...moderate COPD) were representative of the total group with a mean age ...with COPD, there are two ... See full document

... This study concluded that patients who were AE CB had significant poorer HRQoL than other clinical phenotypes. It further complements existing studies by demonstrating that patients of AE CB also had the worst score in ... See full document

... by a pulmonologist according to the "Global initiative for chronic Obstructive Lung Disease" (GOLD) criteria (9). All patients were smokers or former smokers with a smoking history of ≥10 pack- years. The ... See full document

... and severity of respiratory symptoms, breathlessness causing limitations of activity, poor social functions, and psychological ...with COPD might lead fuller and more satisfying ... See full document

... Functional exercise capacity and peak exercise capacity were reduced compared to predicted values. At peak ex- ercise, the limiting symptom was leg fatigue in 40% of participants and dyspnoea in 32% of participants. Leg ... See full document

... and severity of airflow limitation in patients with both mild-to-moderate and severe-to-very severe ...mild-to-moderate COPD had high SGRQ-C score, despite having relatively good pulmonary ...of ... See full document

... between COPD patients who improved by at least − ...all COPD patients and this should be considered when generalizing the results to other popula- ... See full document

... in COPD patients with ...the COPD prevalence by ...ter quality of life of the day, but changes of FEV1 from a previous visit were not large due to a chronic feature of ...in COPD ... See full document