Background In patients with left-heart disease, depressive symptoms have a significant
impact on functional status and quality of life. The prevalence of depressive symptoms, and …

Background Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and other forms of
precapillary pulmonary hypertension (PH) have impaired quality of life (QoL). The …

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a debilitating pathophysiological disorder, negatively
affecting patients' quality of life (QoL). 1 Over the past few years, aspects of health-related …

Background The effects of pulmonary arterial hypertension on cardiovascular and physical
function are well documented. Limited information exists regarding the effects of pulmonary …

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a devastating disease characterized by elevation
in pulmonary artery pressures causing progressive symptoms that lead to functional decline …

Objective: No outcome measures specific to pulmonary hypertension (PH) currently exist.
The aim of the study was to develop health-related quality of life (symptoms and functioning) …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between depressive symptoms and physical
functioning in pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients. METHODS: Fifty-two patients …

Objectives The term “pulmonary hypertension”(PH) is applicable to a group of rare
conditions that are both chronic and life-threatening. The emPHasis-10 questionnaire was …

Objectives To investigate whether life event stress was associated with greater
psychological distress and poorer quality of life in older individuals with chronic obstructive …

Background Individuals with precapillary pulmonary hypertension (PH) experience severely
impaired quality of life. A disease-specific outcome measure for PH, the Cambridge …