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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Relationship between Multimorbidity and Quality of Life in a Primary Care Setting: The Mediating Role of Dyspnea.

Pietro Alfano, Giuseppina Cuttitta, Palma Audino, Giovanni Fazio, Sabina La Grutta, Salvatore Marcantonio, Snamid Palermo Cooperative Group, Salvatore Bucchieri

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pietro AlfanoInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy, 90146 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6725-7415
Giuseppina CuttittaInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy, 90146 Palermo, Italy.
Palma AudinoInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy, 90146 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0768-9889
Giovanni FazioTriolo Zanca Clinic, Piazza Fonderia 23, 90133 Palermo, Italy.
Sabina La GruttaDepartment of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
Salvatore MarcantonioQuality, Planning and Strategic Support Area, University of Palermo, Piazza Marina 61, 90133 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1306-5976
Snamid Palermo Cooperative GroupSnamid Palermo Cooperative Group Papa Pio X 18/20, 90142 Palermo, Italy.
Salvatore BucchieriInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy, 90146 Palermo, Italy.
Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation · ITUniversity of Palermo · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multimorbidity is known to impair Quality of Life (QoL) in patients in a primary setting. Poor QoL is associated with higher dyspnea perception. How multimorbidity and dyspnea perception are related to QoL needs clarification. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the mediating role of dyspnea perception in the relationship between multimorbidity and QoL in adults with and without airflow obstruction in a primary care setting. Seventeen general practitioners participated in the study: a total of 912 adult patients attending the practitioner's surgery for a generic consultation completed a preliminary respiratory screening; 566 of them answered a respiratory questionnaire between January and June 2014, and 259 of the latter (148 M, aged 40-88) agreed to go through all the of procedures including spirometry, the IMCA and QoL (SF-36 through Physical Health "PCS" and Mental Health components) questionnaires, evaluation of comorbidities and the mMRC Dyspnea Scale. For screening purpose, a cut-off of FEV

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airway obstructiondyspneamultimorbidityprimary carequality of life

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PMID35160105
PMCPMC8837036
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