COPD management: role of symptom assessment in routine clinical practice
| Title: | COPD management: role of symptom assessment in routine clinical practice |
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| Authors: | van der Molen T, Miravitlles M, Kocks JWH |
| Source: | International Journal of COPD, Vol 2013, Iss default, Pp 461-471 (2013) |
| Publisher Information: | Dove Medical Press, 2013. |
| Publication Year: | 2013 |
| Collection: | LCC:Diseases of the respiratory system |
| Subject Terms: | Diseases of the respiratory system, RC705-779 |
| More Details: | Thys van der Molen,1,2 Marc Miravitlles,3 Janwillem WH Kocks1,21Department of General Practice, 2GRIAC (Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; 3Pneumology Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Biomedical Research Networking Centre in Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Barcelona, SpainAbstract: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) present with a variety of symptoms that significantly impair health-related quality of life. Despite this, COPD treatment and its management are mainly based on lung function assessments. There is increasing evidence that conventional lung function measures alone do not correlate well with COPD symptoms and their associated impact on patients' everyday lives. Instead, symptoms should be assessed routinely, preferably by using patient-centered questionnaires that provide a more accurate guide to the actual burden of COPD. Numerous questionnaires have been developed in an attempt to find a simple and reliable tool to use in everyday clinical practice. In this paper, we review three such patient-reported questionnaires recommended by the latest Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease guidelines, ie, the modified Medical Research Council questionnaire, the clinical COPD questionnaire, and the COPD Assessment Test, as well as other symptom-specific questionnaires that are currently being developed.Keywords: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, symptoms, questionnaires |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1176-9106 1178-2005 |
| Relation: | http://www.dovepress.com/copd-management-role-of-symptom-assessment-in-routine-clinical-practic-a14683; https://doaj.org/toc/1176-9106; https://doaj.org/toc/1178-2005 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/6d978e67cc5d4710a35bb108808a2b3a |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.6d978e67cc5d4710a35bb108808a2b3a |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 11769106 11782005 |
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| Published in: | International Journal of COPD |
| Language: | English |