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SUBMITTER: Olson AL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4876092 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Olson Amy L AL Brown Kevin K KK Swigris Jeffrey J JJ
Patient related outcome measures 20160517
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a relentlessly progressive pulmonary disease characterized by the insidious onset of shortness of breath due to parenchymal scarring. As IPF progresses, breathlessness worsens, physical functional capacity declines, and health-related quality of life (HRQL) - the impact of health or disease on a person's satisfaction with their overall station in life - deteriorates. These two inextricably linked variables - breathlessness and physical functional capacity - ...[more]