Small, moderate, and large changes, and the minimum clinically important difference in the University of California, San Diego shortness of breath questionnaire

COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-32

  Horita, Nobuyuki ^a,b   Miyazawa, Naoki ^b   Morita, Satoshi ^c   Kojima, Ryota ^b   Kimura, Naoko ^b   Kaneko, Takeshi ^c   Ishigatsubo, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAISEIKAI YOKOHAMASHI NANBU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differential threshold; Dyspnea; Emphysema; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMUM CLINICALLY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; ST. GEORGE RESPIRATORY QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO SHORTNESS OF BREATH QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PNEUMONECTOMY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING CESSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893310917     PISSN: 15412555     EISSN: 15412563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15412555.2013.808615     Document Type: Article

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