The American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society jointly created a Task Force
on “Outcomes for COPD pharmacological trials: from lung function to biomarkers” to inform …

Health status measurement is a common feature of studies in chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD). This review assesses recent evidence for the validity of these …

BACKGROUND: There is a plethora of assessment tools available to measure
breathlessness, the most common and disabling symptom of advanced cardio-respiratory …

COPD is complex and there are multiple determinants of poor health, so most studies of
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) now include health status, or health related …

BACKGROUND Pulmonary rehabilitation programmes have been shown to improve both
exercise tolerance and health status in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

There are numerous quality of life (QOL) scales. Because QOL experts are often partial to
their own scales, researchers need to be able to select scales for themselves. Scales best …

Background: The evidence of benefit for pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programmes is
established. However, the optimal duration of a PR programme is not known. A randomised …

The COPE self-management programme, including a self-management education course,
self-treatment of exacerbations and a fitness programme, appeared to have no significant …

The use of health status as an outcome measure is becoming more widespread in
pulmonary rehabilitation. There are a number of health status measures but the choice …

Sağlıkla ilişkili yaşam kalitesi ölçümleri; hastalığın, kişinin günlük yaşamı üzerindeki etkisinin
ve iyilik halinin standart bir şekilde değerlendirilmesidir. Kronik obstrüktif akciğer hastalığı …