Quantification of dyspnoea using descriptors: Development and initial testing of the dyspnoea-12

Thorax

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-26

  Yorke, J ^a   Moosavi, S H ^b   Shuldham, C ^c   Jones, P W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; DYSPNOEA 12; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASCH ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; WALKING;

EID: 73449100480     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2009.118521     Document Type: Article

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