Differences between physician and patient in the perception of symptoms and their severity in COPD

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1977-1985

  Miravitlles, Marc ^a   Ferrer, Jaume ^a,b   Baró, Eva ^c   Lleonart, Marta ^d   Galera, Jordi ^d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c 3D Health Research   (Spain)

^d Departamento Médico   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concordance; COPD; Patient; Physician; Severity; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUSNESS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONOLOGIST; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDER;

CONCORDANCE; COPD; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; SEVERITY; SYMPTOMS;

AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84890310783     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2013.06.019     Document Type: Article

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