Quality of life in COPD patients in Tunisia

What is it about?

Patients with COPD experience a consistent disability which leads to a deterioration in their Health related quality of life. Factors determining the quality of life in COPD patients are controversial in litterature. In Tunisia, this topic wasn’t yet studied.

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Why is it important?

Patients with COPD had an impaired HRQL associated independently with age, disease severity and co-morbidity. Health care professionals should take into account these predictive factors in order to improve the general health condition of COPD patients.