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  • Title: [Patient-reported parameters in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease].
    Author: Moya V, Nieto D, Marín JM.
    Journal: Arch Bronconeumol; 2010; 46 Suppl 8():15-9. PubMed ID: 21334551.
    Abstract:
    Patients' and specialist physicians' perspectives of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) do not always coincide. Specialists are mainly interested in evaluating and monitoring pulmonary function deterioration, since this feature is the hallmark of the disease and indicates its severity. However, patients worry more about their symptoms (especially breathlessness), limitations for activities of daily living and progressive impairment of quality of life. These elements have been called "patient-reported parameters" (PRP). These parameters are of interest to physicians in daily clinical practice but clinical trials of new drugs or therapies for the treatment of COPD rarely include PRP determination in their design as measures of efficacy, although a change can be discerned in the latest trials.
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