ArticlePulmonary circulation
Participation in pulmonary hypertension support group improves patient-reported health quality outcomes: a patient and caregiver survey.
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Abstract
Support group participation has been shown to be effective in many chronic medical conditions. The evidence for integrating support group into pulmonary hypertension care and its effect on quality of life, physical and psychological well-being is limited. We sought to assess the effect of support group participation on quality of life in patients diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension and their caregivers. The emPHasis-10 questionnaire (a tool validated for quality of life assessment in pulmonary hypertension) was used to evaluate the effect of support group participation. Additional demographic and health-related quality measures were examined. Results showed that 165 subjects were enrolled in the study; 122 (74.4%) were patients with pulmonary hypertension, 41 (25.0%) were their caregivers, and 2 (0.02%) did not respond. The cohort was predominantly female (
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