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SUBMITTER: Maqhuzu PN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7542726 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Maqhuzu Phillen Nozibuyiso PN Szentes Boglarka L BL Kreuter Michael M Bahmer Thomas T Kahn Nicolas N Claussen Martin M Holle Rolf R Schwarzkopf Larissa L
Health and quality of life outcomes 20201008 1
<h4>Background</h4>Health-related quality of life (HRQL) in interstitial lung disease (ILD) patients is impaired. We aimed to identify baseline predictors for HRQL decline within a 12-month observation period.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed 194 ILD patients from two German ILD-centers in the observational HILDA study. We employed the disease-specific King's Brief Interstitial Lung Disease questionnaire (K-BILD) with the subdomains 'psychological impact', 'chest symptoms' and 'breathlessness and acti ...[more]