The prevalence of comorbidities in COPD patients and their impact on quality of life and COPD symptoms in primary care patients - An UNLOCK study from the IPCRG

Bjorn Stallberg (Uppsala, Sweden), Bjorn Stallberg, Pedro Teixeira, Coert Blom, Karin Lisspers, Ioanna Tsiligianni, Rachel Jordan, Miguel Román-Rodríguez, Nanne Kleefstra, Oleksii Korzh, David Price, Niels Chavannes

Source: International Congress 2016 – Managing multimorbidity and lifestyle change in primary care
Session: Managing multimorbidity and lifestyle change in primary care
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 868
Disease area: Airway diseases

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Bjorn Stallberg (Uppsala, Sweden), Bjorn Stallberg, Pedro Teixeira, Coert Blom, Karin Lisspers, Ioanna Tsiligianni, Rachel Jordan, Miguel Román-Rodríguez, Nanne Kleefstra, Oleksii Korzh, David Price, Niels Chavannes. The prevalence of comorbidities in COPD patients and their impact on quality of life and COPD symptoms in primary care patients - An UNLOCK study from the IPCRG. Eur Respir J 2016; 48: Suppl. 60, 868

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