Validation of ECRHS questionnaire in Japanese to use for nation-wide prevalence study of adult asthma

Japanese Journal of Allergology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1421-1428

  Watanabe, Junko ^a   Taniguchi, Masami ^a   Takahashi, Kiyoshi ^b   Nakagawa, Takemasa ^c   Ooya, Yukihiro ^d   Akazawa, Akira ^d   Akiyama, Kazuo ^a  

^a SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^c KAWASAKI MUNICIPAL TAMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma in adulthood; COPD; ECRHS; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; JAPAN; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33846051349     PISSN: 00214884     EISSN: 13477935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Japanese source
2. Japanese source
3. de Marco R, Zanolin ME, Accrodini S, Signorelli D, Marinoni A, Bugiani M, et al, on behalf of the ECRHS. A new questionnaire for the repeat of the first stage of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey: a pilot study. Eur Respir J 1999; 14: 1044-8.
4. Burney PG, Luczynska C, Chinn S, Jarvis D. The European Community Respiratory Health Survey. Eur Respir J 1994; 7: 954-60.
5. Burney PG, Chinn S, Britton JR, Tattersfield AE, Papacosta AO. What symptoms predict the bronchial response to histamine? Evaluation in a community survey of the bronchial symptons questionnaire (1984) of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. Int J Epidemiol 1989; 18: 165-73.
6. Burney PG, Laitinen LA, Perdrizet S, Huckauf H, Tattersfield AE, Chinn S, et al. Validity and repeatability of the IUATLD (1984) Bronchial Symptoms Questionnaire: an international comparison. Eur Respir J 1989; 2: 940-5.
7. Sunyer J, Basagana X, Burney P, Anto JM. International assessment of the internal consistency of respiratory symptoms. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 162: 930-5.
8. Youden YJ. Index for rating diagnostic tests. Cancer 1950; 3: 32-5.
9. The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC). Steering Committee. World wide variation in prevalence of symptoms of asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, and atopic eczema: ISAAC. Lancet 1998; 351: 1225-32.
10. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ atswww.txt