Health status and management in asthma and COPD

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: D. Gross (Tel Aviv, Israel), D. Gorecka (Warsaw, Poland)
Psychological state and personality traits of patients in a pulmonary rehabilitation programme
J. N. de Voogd, H. A. Elzen (Haren, The Netherlands)
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The quality of life evaluation and survival study (QuESS): comorbidities in patients with chronic respiratory failure do not influence status as measured by quality of life questionnaires
M. Carone, S. Antoniu, C. F. Donner, P. W. Jones (Veruno, Italy; London, United Kingdom)
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Prognosis of health-related quality of life in COPD patients and its determinants
J. G. van Manen, P. J. Bindels, F. W. Dekker, E. Schade (Amsterdam, Leiden, The Netherlands)
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Dyspnoea, depression and anxiety in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
S. S. Kostianev, I. Mitrev, V. A. Hodgev, R. Sandeva, A. Hristova (Plovdiv, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria)
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Anxiety status is not related with healthcare resources utilization in COPD
J. E. Alonso, J. M. Marin, S. Carrizo, J. Samaniego, A. Sanchez (Zaragoza, Spain)
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Health-related quality of life (HRQL) and use of formoterol in patients with COPD
M. Cordina, J. M. Cacciottolo, C. H. Jones, N. Saliba (Msida, Guardamangia, Malta)
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Responsiveness of a short symptom and activity questionnaire following pulmonary rehabilitation
C. S. Thompson, S. Roberts, R. J. White (Bristol, United Kingdom)
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Respiratory patient support group attendance leads to benefits for patients and their carers
P. Cafarella, P. A. Frith (Adelaide, Australia)
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Carer's assessment of patient social adjustment following pulmonary rehabilitation
P. Cafarella, P. Frith (South Australia, Australia)
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Asthma: economic impact and quality of life change after an interdisciplinary education programme. The GER asthma network
J. M. Tschopp, J. G. Frey, B. Jordan, A. Morin, S. Garrone, R. Pernet, F. Besse, P. Piccinin, S. Marty, C. Rosset, J. P. Assal (Montana, Sion, Geneva, Switzerland)
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Asthma (A) impact as a chronic disease: indvidual patient's assessment by questionnaire. The GER study
J. M. Tschopp, J. G. Frey, A. Morin, S. Garrone, F. Besse, K. Imhof, B. Jordan, C. Rosset, S. Marty (Montana, Monthey, Martigny, Brig, Switzerland)
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Influence of different forms of education upon quality of life of patients with bronchial asthma
L. V. Belenko, I. V. Leshchensko, S. N. Y. (Ekaterinburg, Moscow, Russia)
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One-year evaluation of asthma care in general practitioners network
I. O. Agache (Brasov, Romania)
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Impact of an out-patient asthma training: increase in compliance and quality of life
B. Dreher, R. Schenk, R. Schandry (Oberhaching, Munich, Germany)
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Methodological issues in compliance assessment by using an electronic monitoring device
S. Muehlig, K. C. Bergmann, O. Twesten, F. Petermann (Bremen, Bad Lippspringe, Germany)
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What clinical features underlying GINA step 1-4 drive the level of treatment in patients with asthma
J. K. Sont, J. Kievit, K. F. Rabe, P. J. Sterk (Leiden, The Netherlands)
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Nocturnal wheezing and antiobstructive therapy
C. Greib, V. Gross, T. Penzel, U. Koehler, J. H. Peter, C. Vogelmeier (Marburg, Germany)
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Superior spirometric efficacy of single dose formoterol compared to single dose salmeterol during the first hour post-dose in moderate and severe COPD patients
J. Kottakis, J. P. H. M. Creemers, A. P. M. Greefhorst, V. Leclerc, R. Pistelli, D. Bouros, T. Overend, G. Rapatz, V. Le Gros, G. Della Cioppa (Horsham, United Kingdom; Eindhoven, Hengelo, The Netherlands; Paris, France; Roma, Italy; Crete, Greece)
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Sleep pattern and ventilation in Duchenne's muscular dystrophy (DMD) on home mechanical ventilation (HMV)
O. Nørregaard, S. Gellett (Arhus, Denmark)
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