Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

Department of Public Health and Healthcare Organization, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia

Publications

• Research   
  The Assessment of Quality of Life among Early Aged Children with Bronchiolitis and Community-Acquired Pneumonia Using Qualin and PCQ Questionnaires
  Author(s): Siranush Ashot Mkrtchyan, Razmik Ashot Dunamalyan, Karine Simonyan Hrant, Marine Ararat Mardiyan* and Hayk Vachagan Harutyunyan
  
  Background: The aim of this observational study was to evaluate the quality of life 3 years or younger children with bronchiolitis and communityacquired pneumonia using the validated Armenian version of the QUALIN and PCQ questionnaire. Methods: The subjects of the research were children 3 years or younger. Children who were hospitalized with a diagnosis of severe bronchiolitis and community-acquired pneumonia in the “Mouratsan” University Complex formed case group. Healthy children receiving care from the Preventative Polyclinic department in same hospital were formed control group. QL were measured by QUALIN and PCQ questionnaires. Depending on the severity of community-acquired pneumonia, we have formed the 2 subgroups in case group. Results: QUALIN scores of children with bronchiolitis a.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2161-105X.2021.11.523

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