Introduction: Chest-physiotherapy is a key element in treatment of cystic fibrosis and patient adherence is a major issue in global cystic fibrosis care. This study aims to assess adherence to chest physiotherapy in adults with cystic fibrosis who not treated with tritherapy and to analyze the impact of certain factors on adherence.
Methods: Thus is a cross-sectional study, conducted using a questionnaire and a physiotherapy evaluation.
Background: A higher risk of human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia (CIN) is suspected among females with cystic fibrosis (CF).
Methods: We conducted a single center prospective cohort study among females attending the Lyon adult CF center. We performed a cervical cytology (Hologic Thinprep®) and HPV testing with genotyping (Clinical Arrays Papillomavirus; Genomica, enabling 35 genotype detection, 20 of which are high-risk (HR-HPV)) at inclusion.
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)
April 2022
Introduction: In 2018, 55.4% of the 7180 French cystic fibrosis (CF) patients were adults. Our study was aimed at identifying young adult patients' needs and those of their parents when the young adults arrived in an adult CF center.
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