Journal article
Improvement in Health‐Related Quality of Life After Lung Transplantation
Abstract
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Traditional survival outcomes do not reflect the effects on the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of patients. HRQL following lung transplantation has not been studied systematically. The Health Utilities Index (HUI) is a family (HUI2 and HUI3) of measures of HRQL that has not been previously used to assess HRQL in lung transplantation. The objective of the present study was to assess the impact of lung transplantation …
Authors
Santana M-J; Feeny D; Jackson K; Weinkauf J; Lien D
Journal
Canadian Respiratory Journal, Vol. 16, No. 5, pp. 153–158
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
January 2009
DOI
10.1155/2009/843215
ISSN
1198-2241