Management of patients with asthma and COPD: Monitoring quality of life and the relationship to subsequent GP interventions

Family Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 574-580

  Jacobs, J E ^a   Van De Lisdonk, E H ^a   Smeele, I ^b   Van Weel, C ^a   Grol, R P T M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b General Practitioners' Advisory Group for COPD and Asthma (CAHAG)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; COPD; General practice; Monitoring; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0035668068     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/18.6.574     Document Type: Article

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