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Estimating Disease Severity, Symptom Burden And Health-Related Behaviors In Patients With Chronic Pulmonary Diseases, Radmila Choate
Estimating Disease Severity, Symptom Burden And Health-Related Behaviors In Patients With Chronic Pulmonary Diseases, Radmila Choate
Theses and Dissertations--Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Chronic pulmonary diseases include a wide range of illnesses that differ in etiology, prevalence, symptomatology and available therapy. A common link among these illnesses is their impact on patients’ vital function of breathing, high symptom burden and significantly impaired quality of life.
This dissertation research evaluates disease severity, symptom burden and health behaviors of patients with three different chronic pulmonary conditions. First, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is an inherited condition that typically is associated with an increased risk of early onset pulmonary emphysema. This study examines differences in demographic, health, and behavioral characteristics and compares clinical outcomes and health related …