Dyspnea-12 is a valid and reliable measure of breathlessness in patients with interstitial lung disease

Chest

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 159-164

  Yorke, Janelle ^a   Swigris, Jeffrey ^b   Russell, Anne Marie ^c   Moosavi, Shakeeb H ^d   Ng Man Kwong, Georges ^e   Longshaw, Mark ^e   Jones, Paul W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e PENNINE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DYSPNEA; DYSPNEA 12 QUESTIONNAIRE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 78651420363     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-0693     Document Type: Article

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