Reliability and validity of the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire for asthma

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 966-971

  Bae, Y J ^a,b   Kim, Y S ^c   Park, C S ^d   Lee, Y S ^a,e   Chang, Y S ^f   Cho, Y S ^a,e   Jang, A S ^g   Cho, S H ^f   Choi, B W ^h   Kim, S G ^b   Moon, H B ^a,e   Kim, T B ^a,e  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Clinical Research Center for Chronic Obstructive Airway Diseases   (South Korea)

^f Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^h Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Reliability; St George's Respiratory Questionnaire; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD INTERMITTENT ASTHMA; MILD PERSISTENT ASTHMA; MODERATE PERSISTENT ASTHMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SEVERE PERSISTENT ASTHMA; ST GEORGE RESPIRATORY QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT DURATION; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 79958710640     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0603     Document Type: Article

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