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Title:

Health-related quality of life and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in early stages - longitudinal results from the population-based KORA cohort in a working age population.

Document type:
Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Article
Author(s):
Wacker, Margarethe E; Hunger, Matthias; Karrasch, Stefan; Heinrich, Joachim; Peters, Annette; Schulz, Holger; Holle, Rolf
Abstract:
It is widely recognized that health-related quality of life (HRQL) is impaired in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), but there is a lack of research on longitudinal associations of COPD and HRQL. This study examined the effects of COPD in early stages of disease on HRQL over ten years in a working-age general population setting in Southern Germany while considering the influence of common comorbidities.In the population-based KORA F4 study (2006-08) 1,321 participants ag...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
BMC Pulm Med
Year:
2014
Journal volume:
14
Pages contribution:
134
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1186/1471-2466-14-134
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25107380
Print-ISSN:
1471-2466
TUM Institution:
Lehrstuhl für Allgemeinmedizin (Prof. Schneider) (keine SAP-Zuordnung!)
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