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SUBMITTER: Boer LM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5882661 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Boer L M LM Bischoff E W EW Borgijink X X Vercoulen J H JH Akkermans R P RP Kerstjens H A M HAM Assendelft W J WJ Schermer T R TR
NPJ primary care respiratory medicine 20180403 1
COPD exacerbations are commonly quantified as rate per year. However, the total amount of time a patient suffers from exacerbations may be stronger related to his or her disease burden than just counting exacerbation episodes. In this study, we examined the relationship between exacerbation frequency and exacerbation-free time, and their associations with baseline characteristics and health-related quality of life. A total of 166 COPD patients reported symptom changes during 12 months. Symptom-d ...[more]