The impact of community-acquired pneumonia on the health-related quality-of-life in elderly.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The sustained health-related quality-of-life of patients surviving community-acquired pneumonia has not been accurately quantified. The aim of the current study was to quantify differences in health-related quality-of-life of community-dwelling elderly with and without community-acquired pneumonia during a 12-month follow-up period.

Methods

In a matched cohort study design, nested in a prospective randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial on the efficacy of the 13-valent pneumococcal vaccine in community-dwelling persons of ≥65 years, health-related quality-of-life was assessed in 562 subjects hospitalized with suspected community-acquired pneumonia (i.e. diseased cohort) and 1145 unaffected persons (i.e. non-diseased cohort) matched to pneumonia cases on a

SUBMITTER: Mangen MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5351062 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature