Avaliação da qualidade de vida na hipertensão arterial pulmonar / Evaluation of quality of life in pulmonary arterial hypertension

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare but insidious disease characterized by progressive pulmonary vascular remodelling with increased pulmonary vascular resistance ultimately leading to right ventricular failure e progressive dyspnea, leading to profound functional limitations, how is demonstrated by the six minute walk test. However, there is limited information about quality of life (QoL) in patients with PAH. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of life of PAH patients with the SF-36 generic questionnaire and compare the scores with the surrogate markers and identify the prognostic implication of this assessment. The results showed there was a good correlation with six minute walk test and functional class and there was a significant improvement in QoL after specific treatment. The physical component summary (PCS) of the SF36 QoLQ was significantly related to survival. Conclusion is that QoL is a useful tool for routine evaluation of PAH patients once it correlates with other surrogate markers, reflects treatment effect and predicts survival

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caminhada hypertension pulmonary teste de exercício walking qualidade de vida quality of life survivorship exercise test sobrevida hipertensão pulmonar

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