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Table 5 Indicators and outcomes

From: The clinical and integrated management of COPD. An official document of AIMAR (Interdisciplinary Association for Research in Lung Disease), AIPO (Italian Association of Hospital Pulmonologists), SIMER (Italian Society of Respiratory Medicine), SIMG (Italian Society of General Medicine)

Indicators

Outcomes

Lung function assessment(m)

Improvement of exercise tolerance

Exercise tolerance assessment(m)

Improvement of symptoms (dyspnea)

Dyspnea assessment(m)

Improvement of the quality of life (QoL)

Muscular assessment(c)

Increase in survival rates

Psychological assessment(c)

Control and rationalization of costs

Nutritional assessment(c)

 

Quality of life assessment(m)

 
  1. (m)Mandatory; (c)Complementary.