Assessment of health-related quality of life in cured SARS patients / 中国医学科学院学报
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
;
(6): 516-519, 2003.
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in Chinese
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To assess the quality of life in cured patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>One hundred and nineteen SARS outpatients, including 64 men and 55 women, with mean age (34.1 +/- 11.4) years and average days of discharge from hospital (28.0 +/- 12.8) days, were assessed by the St George's respiratory questionnaire (SGRQ), and 72 patients with spirometry test.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The patients had a moderately degree physiological impairment and increased SGRQ score. Scores of all four part of SGRQ correlated significantly with diffuse capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide/pre (DLco%). The correlation coefficients between the activation, impaction, total score, and diffuse capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide/alveolar ventilation/pre (DLco/Va%) were resembled (r = 0.47-0.54, P < 0.01). There was a significant relationship between the score of SGRQ and patients age, and gender. The time leaving hospital only had a significant relationship with the symptom score of SGRQ.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>SGRQ is a sensitive tool for assessing quality of life in cured SARS patients. The cured SARS patients' quality of life decrease moderately.</p>
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Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Respiratory Function Tests
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Sex Factors
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Health Status
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Convalescence
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Age Factors
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
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Lung
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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