Quality of life and burden in carers for persons with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease receiving oxygen therapy

OBJECTIVE: to assess the quality of life and burden of caregivers to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease patients on Long-Term Oxygen Therapy and to investigate the factors influencing this burden. METHOD: this is an analytical, cross-sectional study of 80 persons with Chronic Obstructive Pul...

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Main Authors: Simone Cedano, Ana Rita de Cássia Bettencourt, Fabiana Traldi, Maria Christina Lombardi Oliveira Machado, Angélica Gonçalves Silva Belasco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013-07-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692013000400860&lng=en&tlng=en