Impaired health-related quality of life in pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease

• Published in: Respiratory medicine Vol. 105; no. 11; pp. 1718 - 1725
• Main Authors: Mehta, Mauli, Marras, Theodore K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2011; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Aged; Bacterial diseases; Biological and medical sciences; Cross-Sectional Studies; Disease; Emphysema; Female; Forced Expiratory Volume; Health Status; Health-related quality of life; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Lung diseases; Lung Diseases - microbiology; Lung Diseases - physiopathology; Male; Medical imaging; Medical sciences; Mycobacteria, atypical; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium abscessus; Mycobacterium Infections - microbiology; Mycobacterium Infections - physiopathology; Mycobacterium infections, atypical; Nontuberculous mycobacteria; Pneumology; Prospective Studies; Pulmonary/Respiratory; Quality of Life; Severity of Illness Index; Sickness Impact Profile; Social interaction; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections; Health-related quality of life; Mycobacterium infections, atypical; Mycobacteria, atypical; Nontuberculous mycobacteria; Lung disease; Respiratory disease; Health; Mycobacteria; Mycobacterial infection; Quality of life; Infection; Mycobacterium infections; Bacteriosis; Atypical; Pneumology

The impact of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial (pNTM) disease on health-related quality of life (HRQL) has not been quantified. We performed a prospective observational study of HRQL in 51 patients with pNTM disease. One generic (Short-form 36, version 2 -SF-36), and one pulmonary disease-spec...