MinireviewA Thematic Analysis of Quality of Life in Lung Transplant: The Existing Evidence and Implications for Future Directions
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Key words:
Clinical outcomes
end-stage lung disease
health outcomes
lung transplantation
patient outcome
quality of life
quality of life research
systematic review
Abbreviations
BOS
bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome
EQ-5D
5-dimensional EuroQOL
HRQL
health-related quality of life
HUI measure
health utilities index
LAS
lung allocation score
LT
lung transplantation
NHP
Nottingham health profile
PCOs
patient-centered outcomes
RCT
randomized designs
SF-12
12-item short form health survey
SF-36
36-item short form health survey
SGRQ
St. George’s respiratory questionnaire
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†The majority of the work on this manuscript was completed while Dr. Chen was a member of the UC San Francisco Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine and the Cardiovascular Research Institute at UC San Francisco.
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