Internal Medicine: Open Access
Open Access
ISSN: 2165-8048
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2165-8048
+44 1300 500008
Hiromi Tomioka
Kobe City Medical Center West Hospital,
4, 2-chome, Ichibancho, Nagata-ku, Kobe 653-0013
Japan
Research Article
Disease-specific Severity Measures and Health-related Quality of Life in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Author(s): Hiromi Tomioka and Kimihide TadaHiromi Tomioka and Kimihide Tada
Objective: To elucidate the correlation between two disease-specific severity measures (CPI, composite physiologic index; GAP, gender, age, lung physiology variables) and health-related quality of life in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
Methods: We used data from a previously reported observational cohort study using the Medical Outcome Study Short Form 36 (SF-36) for measuring health-related quality of life. Of the 44 patients with IPF who participated in the initial cross-sectional study, 32 patients participated in the follow-up study. The CPI and the GAP index were calculated at baseline and follow-up.
Results: In the cross-sectional study, the CPI only correlated with one SF-36 domain and the GAP index did not correlate with any of the SF-36 domains. In the current longitudinal study (the median f.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2165-8048.1000138