Validation of a new dyspnea measure: The UCSD Shortness of Breath Questionnaire

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 619-624

  Eakin, Elizabeth G ^a,b   Resnikoff, Pamela M ^a   Prewitt, Lela M ^a   Ries, Andrew L ^a,c   Kaplan, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

COPD; Dyspnea; Outcomes assessment; Shortness of breath

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING;

EID: 0031912648     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.3.619     Document Type: Article

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