The clinical course of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and its association to quality of life over time: longitudinal data from the INSIGHTS-IPF registry

Michael Kreuter,Jeffrey J. Swigris,David Pittrow,S Geier,Jens Klotsche,Antje Prasse,Hubert Wirtz,Dirk Koschel,Stefan Andreas,Martin Claussen,Christian Grohé,H. Wilkens,Lars Hagmeyer,Dirk Skowasch,Joachim Meyer,Joachim Kirschner,Sven Glaser,Nicolas Kahn,Tobias Welte,Claus Neurohr,M Schwaiblmair,Matthias Held,Thomas Bahmer,Tim Oqueka,Marion Frankenberger,Jürgen Behr

The clinical course of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and its association to quality of life over time: longitudinal data from the INSIGHTS-IPF registry

2019

Background Quality of life (QoL) is profoundly impaired in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). However, data is limited regarding the course of QoL. We therefore analysed longitudinal data from the German INSIGHTS-IPF registry.

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Immunology
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Diabetes mellitus
Quality of life
Medicine
Internal medicine
DLCO
Cohort study
clinical course
longitudinal data
FEV1/FVC ratio

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