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Background. Improving health-related quality of life (HRQL) is an important goal of lung transplantation, and St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) is frequently used for assessing HRQL in patients waitlisted for lung transplantation.
Junko Tokuno +14 more
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Changes in health-related quality of life as a marker in the prognosis in COPD patients
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is understood as a complex, heterogeneous and multisystem airway obstructive disease. The association of deterioration in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) with mortality and hospitalisation for COPD ...
Cristóbal Esteban +7 more
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Oral Health, Periodontitis, and Respiratory Diseases: Biological Pathways
This narrative review aims to provide a comprehensive update on the potential mechanisms by which poor oral health and periodontitis impact lung health, focusing on pneumonia, COPD, and asthma. ABSTRACT Poor oral hygiene and periodontitis influence lung diseases such as pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), COVID‐19, and asthma.
Raluca P. Vacaru +2 more
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Factors determining the quality of life of patients with COPD in primary care
Objectives: To describe the health-related quality of life (HRQL) in a cohort of COPD patients recruited in primary care and identify the variables of the patients and the treatment associated with impaired HRQL.
Marc Miravitlles +5 more
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The prevalence of COPD in Indonesia is increasing. Over the world, COPD is predicted to be the third cause of death in 2020. As the chronic disease, quality of life became one of the outcome treatments of COPD.
P.D. Pratiwi, Dyah Aryani Perwitasari
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ABSTRACT Sarcopenic obesity has been associated with various health conditions and mortality. Our objective was to systematically review and estimate the association between sarcopenic obesity and respiratory function outcomes. We searched EMBASE, MEDLINE, and Google Scholar for observational studies involving adults (≥ 18 years), defined sarcopenic ...
Tasneem Baabbad +4 more
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ABSTRACT Background In South and Southeast Asia, chronic diseases (CD) are a major public health concern and have a considerable impact on people's quality of life (QoL). CD and their ailments place a dual burden of sickness and socioeconomic difficulties on afflicted people and healthcare systems.
Fardina Rahman Omi +2 more
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Reliability and Validaty of St George Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) into Indonesian Version
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the disease as the highest contributor to the disease burden in Indonesia. Tuberculosis can affect the patients’ quality of life, such as psychological, physical, and social functioning. St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) is a special instrument which was widely used to measure the patients’ quality of life with ...
Adnan Adnan +2 more
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Background The St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) and its idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) version (SGRQ-I) are widely used to assess health-related quality of life in IPF. However, the psychometric properties of these questionnaires in the
Rowida Mohamed +8 more
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ABSTRACT Aim To systematically evaluate the current state of research on symptom clusters in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and the impact of identifying symptom clusters on health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) outcomes. Design A systematic review.
Lihua Wu +8 more
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