Health-related quality of life of COPD patients aged over 40 years.
V Fazekas-PongorM FeketeP BalazsD ÁrvaM PénzesS TarantiniR UrbánJános Tamás VargaPublished in: Physiology international (2021)
Our results indicate that the complex therapy of COPD should focus not only on improving lung functions and preventing exacerbation, but also on treating comorbidities, encouraging increased physical activity, and supporting smoking cessation to assure better HRQOL for patients.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- smoking cessation
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- physical activity
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- body mass index
- bone marrow
- depressive symptoms
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- replacement therapy
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- sleep quality