Dalhouise dyspnea scales: Construct and content validity of pictorial scales for measuring dyspnea

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  McGrath, Patrick J ^a,b   Pianosi, Paul T ^a,b   Unruh, Anita M ^a   Buckley, Chloe P ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ARTS AND ILLUSTRATION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AUDIOVISUAL AID; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CHILD; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 26444542885     PISSN: 14712431     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-5-33     Document Type: Article

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