title: [Number of patients with chronic dyspnea in three German specialist practices].
abstract: In the second quarter 2011 the incidence of the symptoms "chronic dyspnea" among the patients in three specialist practices was determined by means of a self-developed questionnaire. 1286 anonymised questionnaires with full information could be evaluated. The proportion of the patients with a chronic dyspnea (inclusive "dyspnea and weakness feeling") in the practices amounted to between 15.3 and 57.7 %. An exclusive assessment of chronic dyspnea could be assigned to 10.4 to 31.4 % of the patients evaluated. From the view point of the treating physicians, the cause of the chronic dyspnea was sufficiently explained by the available information.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Klinik für Innere Medizin B, Bereich Pneumologie/Infektiologie, 17475 Greifswald. ewert@uni-greifswald.de
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ewert
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bahr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Weirich
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Henschel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rink
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Winkler
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors