Measurement of dyspnea: Word labeled visual analog scale vs. verbal ordinal scale

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-83

  Lansing, Robert W ^a   Moosavi, Shakeeb H ^b   Banzett, Robert B ^b,c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Control of breathing, air hunger; Dyspnea, air hunger; Mammals, humans; Scales, verbal category, ordinal, visual analog

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERDAL ORDINAL SCALE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL; WORK OF BREATHING;

EID: 0037417102     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9048(02)00211-2     Document Type: Article

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