Development and validation of a cough and sputum assessment questionnaire

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1545-1555

  Crawford, Bruce ^a   Monz, Brigitta ^b   Hohlfeld, Jens ^c   Roche, Nicolas ^d   Rubin, Bruce ^e   Magnussen, Helgo ^f   Nivens, Chad ^g   Ghafouri, Mo ^g   McDonald, Jeff ^a   Tetzlaff, Kay ^g,h  

^a MAPI VALUES   (United States)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR TOXICOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f KRANKENHAUS GROSSHANSDORF   (Germany)

^g BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic bronchitis; COPD; Cough; PRO; Self reported; Sputum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COUGH AND SPUTUM ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; COUGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; SPUTUM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; COUGH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPUTUM;

EID: 55549091050     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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