Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34345238›Full record

ArticleJournal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences2021

Quality of life and its determinants in patients with noncystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.

Ramin Sami, Mohammadali Zohal, Fatemeh Khanali, Neda Esmailzadehha

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ramin SamiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Mohammadali ZohalMetabolic Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
Fatemeh KhanaliMetabolic Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
Neda EsmailzadehhaDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPromoting quality of life (QoL) in patients with bronchiectasis, as a chronic disease, is a part of therapeutic principles. This study aimed to investigate QoL and its determinants in patients with noncystic fibrosis (CF) bronchiectasis. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted on 62 patients (38.7% male, mean age: 44) with non-CF bronchiectasis and involvement of ≥2 lobes in Qazvin, Iran. QoL was evaluated using the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ). The relationships of QoL subscales with clinical (cough, dyspnea, and sputum volume) and paraclinical (spirometry, computerized tomography scan, sputum microbiology, and 6-min walk test [6-MWT]) were assessed using Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple linear regression analyses.

resultsThe mean SGRQ total score was 53.1 (standard deviation 19.8) out of 100. The level of dyspnea (

conclusionIn patients with non-CF bronchiectasis, the extent of lung impairment has a lower effect on the QoL than clinical symptoms. It seems that the QoL can be improved through the proper treatment of clinical symptoms and rehabilitation for promoting 6-MWT.

Indexed as

Bronchiectasisnoncystic fibrosispulmonary function testsquality of life

Identifiers

PMID34345238
PMCPMC8305753

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-SA
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.