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Psychosocial responses to disease stimuli: preliminary findings
G Bertolotti1, G Balestroni, G Maiani
1Clinica Del Lavoro Foundation, Institute of Care and Research, Veruno, Italy.
The European Respiratory Journal. Supplement
|July 1, 1989
Abstract:
In the present study cognitive-verbal differences are evaluated in chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) patients. Nineteen subjects with chronic respiratory failure (CRF) and sixty subjects without CRF completed two psychometric instruments: CBA-2.0 primary scales and the respiratory illness opinion survey. The results show that social and psychological problems are connected to the severity of illness.