Smoking cessation can improve quality of life among COPD patients

dc.contributor.author	Παπαδόπουλος, Γεώργιος	el
dc.contributor.author	Βαρδαβάς, Κωνσταντίνος	el
dc.contributor.author	Λυμπέρη, Μαρία	el
dc.contributor.author	Λιναρδής, Απόστολος	el
dc.contributor.author	Γεωργούδης, Γεώργιος	el
dc.date.accessioned	2015-04-18T11:25:36Z
dc.date.available	2015-04-18T11:25:36Z
dc.date.issued	2015-04-18
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/8507
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2466/11/13	en
dc.subject	Δημόσια υγεία
dc.subject	χρόνια αποφρακτική πνευμονοπάθεια (ΧΑΠ)
dc.subject	κάπνισμα
dc.subject	Ελλάδα
dc.subject	Public health
dc.subject	COPD
dc.subject	Smoking
dc.subject	Greece
dc.title	Smoking cessation can improve quality of life among COPD patients	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.secondaryTitle	Validation of the clinical COPD questionnaire into Greek	en
heal.classification	Ιατρική
heal.classification	Φυσικοθεραπεία
heal.classification	Medicine
heal.classification	Physiotherapy
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heal.classificationURI	N/A-Φυσικοθεραπεία
heal.classificationURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006614
heal.classificationURI	http://skos.um.es/unesco6/321311
heal.contributorName	Μπεχράκης, Παναγιώτης	el
heal.identifier.secondary	DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-11-13
heal.language	en
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heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας. Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Φυσικοθεραπείας	el
heal.publicationDate	2011-02-25
heal.bibliographicCitation	Papadopoulos, G., Vardavas, K.I., Limperi, M., Linardis, A. and Georgoudis, G. et al. (2011). Smoking cessation can improve quality of life among COPD patients: Validation of the clinical COPD questionnaire into Greek. BMC Pulmonary Medicine. [Online] 11. art. no. 13. Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com [Accessed 18/04/2015]	en
heal.abstract	Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains a major public health problem that affects the quality of life of patients, however smoking cessation may emeliorate the functional effects of COPD and alter patient quality of life. Objective-design: The aim of this study was to validate the Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ) into Greek and with such to evaluate the quality of life in patients with different stages of COPD, as also assess their quality of life before and after smoking cessation. Results: The internal validity of questionnaire was high (Cronbach's a = 0.92). The reliability of equivalent types in 16 stabilized patients also was high (ICC = 0.99). In general the domains within the CCQ were strongly correlated with each other, while each domain in separate was strongly correlated with the overall CCQ score (r2 = 0.953, r2 = 0.915 and r2 = 0.842 in regards to the functional, symptomatic and mental domain, respectively). The CCQ scores were also correlated with FEV1, (r2 = -0.252, p < 0.001), FEV1/FVC, (r2 = -0.135, p < 0.001) as also with the quality of life questionnaire SF-12 (r2 = -0.384, p < 0.001). Smoking cessation also lead to a significant reduction in CCQ score and increase in the SF-12 score. Conclusions: The self administered CCQ indicates satisfactory validity, reliability and responsiveness and may be used in clinical practice to assess patient quality of life. Moreover the CCQ indicated the health related quality of life gains attributable to smoking cessation among COPD patients, projecting smoking cessation as a key target in COPD patient management.	en
heal.publisher	BioMed Central	en
heal.journalName	BMC Pulmonary Medicine	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
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