Responsiveness and minimal clinically important difference of SGRQ-I and K-BILD in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis [PDF]
Respiratory Research, 2020 Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) specific version of St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ-I) and King’s Brief Interstitial Lung Disease questionnaire (K-BILD) are validated health-related quality of life (HRQL) instruments, but no ...
Thomas Skovhus Prior +5 more
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Quality of life assessment in interstitial lung diseases:a comparison of the disease-specific K-BILD with the generic EQ-5D-5L [PDF]
Respiratory Research, 2018 Background Patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILD) have impaired health-related quality of life (HRQL). Little is known about the applicability of the disease-specific King’s Brief Interstitial Lung Disease questionnaire (K-BILD) and the generic ...
Boglárka Lilla Szentes +7 more
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Health-related quality of life measured with K-BILD is associated with survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis [PDF]
BMC Pulmonary MedicineBackground Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) assessments and estimates of prognosis are needed for comprehensive care and planning of subsequent treatment in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
Tuuli Rautajoki +8 more
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Traducción estandarizada al castellano del cuestionario King's Brief Interstitial Lung Disease (K-BILD) [PDF]
Open Respiratory ArchivesResumen: Las enfermedades pulmonares intersticiales difusas (EPID) pueden impactar significativamente en la salud de aquellos pacientes que las padecen. Por ello, es preciso disponer de cuestionarios que permitan evaluar adecuadamente la calidad de vida ...
Gianluca Cotta +6 more
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Web-Based COPD Risk Self-Assessment Identifies a High-Risk Group With HRQoL Resembling Self-Reported COPD: Cross-Sectional Survey [PDF]
Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and FinancingThis study aimed to evaluate a web-based self-assessment tool for COPD case finding using algorithm-based COPD risk stratification, and to compare breathlessness (mMRC) and respiratory health-related quality of life (HRQoL) across risk groups and with ...
Bernt Bøgvald Aarli MD, PhD +7 more
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Psychometric properties of health-related quality of life assessment instruments in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a systematic review applying COSMIN methodology [PDF]
Health and Quality of Life OutcomesBackground Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is associated with heavy symptom burden, limited treatment options, poor prognosis, and significant economic burden, and severely impairs health-related quality of life (HRQoL).
Kailin Su +5 more
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A novel combination therapy for ER+ breast cancer suppresses drug resistance via an evolutionary double-bind [PDF]
Molecular Systems BiologyChemotherapy remains a commonly used and important treatment option for metastatic breast cancer. A majority of Estrogen Receptor-positive (ER + ) metastatic breast cancer patients ultimately develop resistance to chemotherapy, resulting in disease ...
Rena Emond +6 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 BackgroundSarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory granulomatous disease, frequently affecting the lung. If left untreated, it may end in lung fibrosis.
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2021 Introduction There is limited data available on the use of CPET as a predictive tool for disease outcomes in the setting of IPF. We investigated the feasibility of undertaking CPET and the relationship between CPET and quality of life measurements in a ...
R. Davis +4 more
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ILD-specific health-related quality of life in systemic sclerosis-associated ILD compared with IPF
BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 2020 Introduction Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) are fibrotic ILDs with divergent disease populations.
Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold +9 more
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