Symptom prevalence of patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease: a systematic literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Those affected by advanced fibrotic interstitial lung diseases have limited treatment options and in the terminal stages, the focus of care is on symptom management. However, quantitatively, little is known about symptom prevalence. We aimed to determine the prevalence of symptoms in Progressive Idiopathic Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease (PIF-ILD).

Methods

Searches on eight electronic databases including MEDLINE for clinical studies between 1966 and 2015 where the target population was adults with PIF-ILD and for whom the prevalence of symptoms had been calculated.

Results

A total of 4086 titles were screened for eligibility criteria; 23 studies were included for analysis. The highest prevalence was that for breathlessness (54-98%) and cough (59-100%) fo

SUBMITTER: Carvajalino S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5964639 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature