Journal article
Health-related quality of life in asthma
Abstract
One aim of caring for adults and children with asthma should be the identification and treatment of the functional impairments that are troublesome to these patients in their daily lives. Studies have shown that correlations between measures of clinical asthma severity and control and health-related quality of life (HRQL) impairment are only weak to moderate. Therefore, HRQL must be measured directly. In recent years, HRQL questionnaires have …
Authors
Juniper EF
Journal
Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, Vol. 5, No. 2,
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
March 1999
DOI
10.1097/00063198-199903000-00005
ISSN
1070-5287