Health-related quality of life varies in different respiratory disorders: a multi-case control population based study.

Veronica CappaAlessandro MarconGianfranco Di GennaroLiliya ChamitavaLucia CazzolettiCristina BombieriMorena NicolisLuigi PerbelliniSilvia SembeniRoberto de MarcoFrancesco SpeltaMarcello FerrariMaria Elisabetta Zanolin Professor

Published in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2019)

To our knowledge, this is the first study in the general population that analyzed HRQL performing a simultaneous comparison of HRLQ in several respiratory disorders. We found that subjects suffering from COPD, CA, and CB had the poorest HRQL. Clinicians should carefully consider the possible impact of respiratory disorders as CB and not only that of CA and COPD.

Keyphrases

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
case control
lung function
healthcare
respiratory tract
protein kinase