Pulmonary rehabilitation improves only some domains of health-related quality of life measured by the Short Form-36 questionnaire

Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) has inconsistent effects on health-related quality of life (HRQL) in patients with chronic lung diseases. We evaluated the effect of PR on HRQL outcomes using the 36-item short form of the medical outcomes (SF-36). Methods : We retrospectively reviewed the...

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Main Authors: Chok Limsuwat, Ryan McClellan, Hoda Mojazi Amiri, Kenneth Nugent
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Annals of Thoracic Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.thoracicmedicine.org/article.asp?issn=1817-1737;year=2014;volume=9;issue=3;spage=144;epage=148;aulast=Limsuwat