Detecting exacerbations using the Clinical COPD Questionnaire
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Detecting exacerbations using the Clinical COPD Questionnaire
BACKGROUND Early treatment of COPD exacerbations has shown to be important. Despite a non-negligible negative impact on health related quality of life, a large proportion of these episodes is not reported (no change in treatment). Little is known whether (low burden) strategies are able to capture these unreported exacerbations. METHODS The Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ) is a short questio...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1477-7525
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-8-102