Measuring disease-specific quality of life in obstructive airway disease: Validation of a modified version of the airways questionnaire 20

Chest

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1644-1652

  Chen, Hubert ^a,b   Eisner, Mark D ^a   Katz, Patricia P ^a   Yelin, Edward H ^a   Blanc, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway disease; Airways Questionnaire 20; Asthma; COPD; Quality of life; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; STEROID;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIRWAYS QUESTIONNAIRE 20; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SHORT FORM 12; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745123364     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.129.6.1644     Document Type: Article

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