Self-administration and standardisation of the chronic respiratory questionnaire: A randomised trial in three German-speaking countries

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 342-350

  Puhan, Milo A ^a   Behnke, Michaela ^b   Laschke, Marco ^c   Lichtenschopf, Alfred ^d   Brändli, Otto ^e   Guyatt, Gordon H ^f   Schünemann, Holger J ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Pulmoresearch Institute   (Germany)

^c Chefarzt Psychosomatische Medizin   (Switzerland)

^d Rehabilitationszentrum   (Austria)

^e Zuercher Hoehenklinik Wald   (Switzerland)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

COPD; Health related quality of life; Respiratory questionnaires; Self administration; Standardisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 1842580574     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2003.10.013     Document Type: Article

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