Quality of life and social-economic characteristics of Greek male patients on long-term oxygen therapy

Respiratory Care

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1048-1053

  Tsara, Venetia ^a   Serasli, Eva ^a   Katsarou, Zoe ^b   Tsorova, Aggeliki ^a   Christaki, Pandora ^a  

^a General Hospital   (Greece)

^b Ippokration Hospital Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; ADL; Blood gases analysis; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COPD; Dyspnea; Greece; Greek; Health related quality of life; HRQOL; Longterm oxygen therapy; LTOT; Pulmonary function tests; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; GREECE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPIROMETRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 58149376421     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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