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Impact of Chronic Cough on Quality of Life

Barcelona Respiratory Network Reviews, 2023
Chronic cough affects approximately 10% of adults worldwide with large global variations from 2-18%. Despite its detrimental effects on physical, psychological, and social well-being, there is limited understanding of the specific impacts of chronic ...
Ana Oliveira, Ana Sofia Grave, Dina Brooks, Imran Satia   +3 more
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Multicentre, 2×2 factorial, randomised, open-label trial of neuromodulators and cough control therapy for refractory or unexplained chronic cough: the FORTITUDE trial protocol [PDF]

BMJ Open
Introduction While clinicians commonly prescribe neuromodulators for the treatment of refractory or unexplained chronic cough, no trials have directly compared these treatments.
Ana Oliveira, Gordon Guyatt, Alan G Kaplan, Anurag Bhalla, Dina Brooks, Elena Kum, Mélanie Bernier, Stephen K Field, Imran Satia, Robert Newman, Simon Couillard, Wafa Hassan, Geoff Strong, Andréanne Côté, Kim Smith, Sue Beaudin, Mustafa Al-Saiedy, Renata Mancopes, Ana Sofia Grave, Danica L Brister, Faye Johnston, Nada Popovic   +21 more
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Cough burden in progressive pulmonary fibrosis: a systematic review with narrative synthesis [PDF]

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Background Cough is a common and burdensome symptom in patients with progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF), yet existing evidence remains fragmented. This systematic review provides a synthesis of available evidence on cough in PPF, specifically examining
Ningxia Yu, Shuguang Yang, Zhihui Liang, Haiyang Hu, Yi Zhang, Luguang Li, Xueqing Yu   +6 more
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Burden of refractory and unexplained chronic cough on patients’ lives: a cohort study [PDF]

ERJ Open Research, 2023
Background Chronic cough (cough lasting for ≥8 weeks) can lead to significant impairment in quality of life (QoL). Using patient-reported outcomes, this cohort study assessed the perceived impact of chronic cough on QoL and everyday life in patients from
Luis Puente-Maestu, Ignacio Dávila, Santiago Quirce, Astrid Crespo-Lessmann, Eva Martínez-Moragón, Javier Sola, María Luisa Nieto, Francisco Javier González-Barcala, Luis Cea-Calvo, Marta Sánchez-Jareño, Cristina Rivas-Pardinas, Christian Domingo   +11 more
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Acute cough in Italian children: parents’ beliefs, approach to treatment, and the family impact

Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine, 2019
Background Acute cough is the most common symptom among children in primary care, but the impact of cough episodes was never investigated in Italian families.
Roberto W. Dal Negro, Alessandro Zanasi, Paola Turco, Massimiliano Povero   +3 more
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Clinical impact of gastroesophageal reflux disease in patients with subacute/chronic cough

Allergology International, 2019
Background: While gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is one of the commonest causes of subacute/chronic cough along with cough-variant asthma (CVA) and rhinosinusitis, its clinical impact remains unknown.
Yoshihiro Kanemitsu, Ryota Kurokawa, Norihisa Takeda, Masaya Takemura, Kensuke Fukumitsu, Takamitsu Asano, Jennifer Yap, Motohiko Suzuki, Satoshi Fukuda, Hirotsugu Ohkubo, Ken Maeno, Yutaka Ito, Tetsuya Oguri, Akio Niimi   +13 more
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Reduced cough severity and improved confidence in self-management following completion of a Virtual Physiotherapy Group Intervention for Chronic Cough: ViP-Cough [PDF]

ERJ Open Research
Introduction Prolonged waiting times significantly limited access to our respiratory physiotherapy service for cough control therapy. In response, we developed a virtual physiotherapy group intervention for individuals with chronic cough (ViP-Cough) to ...
Charles C. Reilly, Ellen Shiner, Sarah V. Floyd, Inge Vermeulen, Cameron Ross, Peter Cho, Caroline J. Jolley, Surinder S. Birring   +7 more
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Adverse perception of cough in patients with severe asthma: a discrete choice experiment

ERJ Open Research, 2023
Background Asthma symptoms adversely impact quality of life in particular in those with poor disease control. Commonly used patient-reported measures for asthma used to assess asthma control often inadequately capture the impact of cough, despite ...
Joshua Holmes, Vikki O'Neill, Lorcan P. McGarvey, Liam G. Heaney   +3 more
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Disease burden and quality of life of patients with chronic cough in Japan: a population-based cross-sectional survey

BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 2021
Background Cough lasting 3–8 and >8 weeks are defined as subacute/prolonged cough and chronic cough (CC), respectively. Studies have revealed that CC negatively impact patients’ quality of life (QoL).
Yirong Chen, Shigeru Tokita, Kotoba Okuyama, Jonathan Schelfhout   +3 more
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Prevalence and burden of chronic cough in China: a national cross-sectional study

ERJ Open Research, 2022
Background Chronic cough is a common complaint, but there are no population-based data on its burden in China. We determined the prevalence of chronic cough and its impact on health status in adults stratified by sex, age and the diagnosis of COPD or the
Kewu Huang, Xiaoying Gu, Ting Yang, Jianying Xu, Lan Yang, Jianping Zhao, Xiangyan Zhang, Chunxue Bai, Jian Kang, Pixin Ran, Huahao Shen, Fuqiang Wen, Yahong Chen, Tieying Sun, Guangliang Shan, Yingxiang Lin, Sinan Wu, Ruiying Wang, Zhihong Shi, Yongjian Xu, Xianwei Ye, Yuanlin Song, Qiuyue Wang, Yumin Zhou, Wen Li, Liren Ding, Chun Wan, Wanzhen Yao, Yanfei Guo, Fei Xiao, Yong Lu, Xiaoxia Peng, Dan Xiao, Xiaoning Bu, Hong Zhang, Xiaolei Zhang, Li An, Shu Zhang, Zhixin Cao, Qingyuan Zhan, Yuanhua Yang, Lirong Liang, Huaping Dai, Bin Cao, Jiang He, Kian Fan Chung, Chen Wang   +46 more
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