A comparison of health-related quality of life in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) have poor health-related quality of life (HRQL). However, whether HRQL differs among different subtypes of ILD is unclear. The aim of this study was to determine whether HRQL was different among patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (CHP).

Methods

We identified patients from an ongoing longitudinal cohort of patients with ILD. HRQL was assessed using the Short Form (SF)-36 medical outcomes form (version 2.0). Regression analysis was used to determine the association between clinical covariates and HRQL, primarily the physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS) score. A multivariate regression model was created to identify potential covariates

SUBMITTER: Lubin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4042514 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature