Informal caregivers experience of supplemental oxygen in pulmonary fibrosis

Informal caregivers experience of supplemental oxygen in pulmonary fibrosis

Abstract Background Patients prescribed supplemental oxygen (O2) therapy face challenges as they adjust to being constantly “tethered” to an oxygen delivery device. Informal caregivers (ICs) of patients with pulmonary fibrosis (PF) face their own, often overlooked hardships when O2 is brought into t...

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Main Authors: Bridget A. Graney, Frederick S. Wamboldt, Susan Baird, Tara Churney, Kaitlin Fier, Marjorie Korn, Mark McCormick, Thomas Vierzba, Jeffrey J. Swigris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Subjects:
Pulmonary fibrosis
Informal caregivers
Oxygen
Interstitial lung disease
Quality of life
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12955-017-0710-0

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