Quality of Life in Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis is a chronic, multisystem genetic disease with a wide variability in clinical severity. In recent years, advances in therapy have led to improved patient survival into adulthood. New treatments are rapidly being developed and require evaluation to determine their efficacy. The measurement of health-related quality of life in cystic fibrosis provides additional information about the impact of this disease that cannot be obtained …