title: [Socio-medical implications of education of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease].
abstract: Effectiveness of education in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease depends not only on enhancement of their awareness and compliance but also on psychoemotional status determining quality of life. This study concerns sociomedical implications of patients" education with reference to its influence on their psychoemotional condition and quality of life. It is shown that education not only improved health characteristics of the patients but also significantly reduced psychoemotional tension. These data were obtained using the Zung and SF-36 questionnaires. They demonstrate the importance of education and emphasize its role in the improvement of psychoemotional condition and quality of life.
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Ermakov
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires