Quality of life and burden in carers for persons with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease receiving oxygen therapy

• Main Authors: Simone Cedano (Author), Ana Rita de Cássia Bettencourt (Author), Fabiana Traldi (Author), Maria Christina Lombardi Oliveira Machado (Author), Angélica Gonçalves Silva Belasco (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2013-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: to assess the quality of life and burden of caregivers to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease patients on Long-Term Oxygen Therapy and to investigate the factors influencing this burden. METHOD: this is an analytical, cross-sectional study of 80 persons with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonar...