The impact of palliative care on quality of life, anxiety, and depression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a randomized controlled pilot study
Abstract Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal disease that results in poor quality of life due to progressive respiratory symptoms, anxiety, and depression. Palliative care improves quality of life and survival in other progressive diseases. No randomized controlled trials have...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Respiratory Research |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-019-1266-9 |