Evaluation of male COPD patients' health status by proxies

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 439-445

  Santiveri, Carme ^a   Espinalt, Marta ^a   Díaz Carrasco, Francesc X ^a   Marín, Alejandra ^a   Miguel, Elena ^a   Jones, Paul W ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DOS DE MAIG   (Spain)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; COPD; Proxy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CUSTODY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; DYSPNEA; FAMILY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PROXY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33846840861     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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