Patient's expectations and needs may influence adherence in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The objectives of this survey were to assess the specific outcomes that patients expected their COPD treatment to improve (patient's personal outcome [PPO]) and to evaluate how the ongoing therapy was able to reach this objective.

Choose your outcomes: From the mean to the personalized assessment of outcomes in COPD. An exploratory pragmatic survey / F. Braido, I. Baiardini, G. Molinengo, S. Garuti, M. Ferrari, M. Mantero, F. Blasi, G.W. Canonica. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. - ISSN 0953-6205. - 34(2016 Oct), pp. 85-88. [10.1016/j.ejim.2016.05.030]

Choose your outcomes: From the mean to the personalized assessment of outcomes in COPD. An exploratory pragmatic survey

M. Ferrari;M. Mantero;F. Blasi;
2016

Abstract

Patient's expectations and needs may influence adherence in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The objectives of this survey were to assess the specific outcomes that patients expected their COPD treatment to improve (patient's personal outcome [PPO]) and to evaluate how the ongoing therapy was able to reach this objective.
Adherence; COPD; Personal outcomes; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cough; Disease Progression; Dyspnea; Female; Health Status; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; Respiratory Function Tests; Sputum; Surveys and Questionnaires; Treatment Outcome
Settore MED/10 - Malattie dell'Apparato Respiratorio
ott-2016
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