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Quality of Life and Limitations in Daily Life of Stable COPD Outpatients in a Real-World Setting in Austria – Results from the CLARA Project
- Source :
- International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. 15:1655-1663
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2020.
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Abstract
- Background COPD patients suffer from respiratory symptoms and limitations in daily life. We aimed to characterize the impact of disease on overall health, daily life, and perceived well-being in COPD outpatients. Methods We conducted a national, cross-sectional study among pulmonologists and general practitioners (GPs). The St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire for COPD patients (SGRQ-C) was used. Inclusion criteria were a physician's diagnosis of COPD and age ≥40 years. Subjects with a history of lung surgery, lung cancer or COPD exacerbation within the last four weeks were excluded. Results Sixty-seven pulmonologists and 6 GPs enrolled 1175 COPD patients. Two hundred forty-eight of those did not fulfill GOLD criteria for COPD (FEV1/FVC
- Subjects :
- COPD
medicine.medical_specialty
Exacerbation
business.industry
General Medicine
Disease
Airway obstruction
medicine.disease
respiratory tract diseases
03 medical and health sciences
FEV1/FVC ratio
0302 clinical medicine
030228 respiratory system
Quality of life
Internal medicine
medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Lung cancer
business
Pulmonologists
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 11782005
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........1d8b408fff0b3c2e27bd32ce2171635b
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2147/copd.s252033