Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Determinants in Chronic Cough: The Korean Chronic Cough Registry Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Chronic cough (CC) is associated with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) impairment. However, the determinants of HRQoL are under-investigated.

Methods

Patients aged 19-80 years with CC were prospectively recruited from 10 referral clinics. Comparisons were made with age- and sex-matched controls (1:4 ratio) selected from a Korean general population survey database; 1) a group without current cough (non-cough controls) and 2) another group without major chronic illnesses (healthy controls). HRQoL was assessed using the EuroQoL 5-dimension (EQ-5D) index. In CC patients, cough-specific patient-reported outcomes (PROs) were additionally measured. Cross-sectional analyses were performed to evaluate demographic and clinical parameters associated with the EQ-5D index o

SUBMITTER: Kang N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10186125 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature