Background Widespread application of pulmonary rehabilitation (also known as respiratory
rehabilitation) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) should be preceded by …

Abstract Background: The SF-6D and EQ-5D are both preference-based measures of health.
Empirical work is required to determine what the smallest change is in utility scores that can …

Background: The SF-12 is a multidimensional generic measure of health-related quality of
life. It has become widely used in clinical trials and routine outcome assessment because of …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterised by an inappropriate/
excessive inflammatory response of the lungs to respiratory pollutants, mainly tobacco …

Background Pulmonary rehabilitation seems to be an effective intervention in patients with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We undertook a randomised controlled trial to …

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 …

As the number of preference‐based instruments grows, it becomes increasingly important to
compare different preference‐based measures of health in order to inform an important …

This article presents the results of a study to derive a preference-based single index from the
SF-36. The study was an attempt to reconcile a profile health status measure, the SF-36, with …

We assessed the relative responsiveness of generic and specific quality of life instruments in
43 randomized controlled trials that compared head-to-head 31 generic and 84 specific …

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 …