title: [Patient-reported parameters in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease].
abstract: Patients' and specialist physicians' perspectives of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) do not always coincide. Specialists are mainly interested in evaluating and monitoring pulmonary function deterioration, since this feature is the hallmark of the disease and indicates its severity. However, patients worry more about their symptoms (especially breathlessness), limitations for activities of daily living and progressive impairment of quality of life. These elements have been called "patient-reported parameters" (PRP). These parameters are of interest to physicians in daily clinical practice but clinical trials of new drugs or therapies for the treatment of COPD rarely include PRP determination in their design as measures of efficacy, although a change can be discerned in the latest trials.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud, Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: Virginia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Moya
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nieto
authors.forename: José María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Marín
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018450:Disease Progression; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D017079:Exercise Tolerance; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D011379:Prognosis; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents