Minimum clinically important difference for the COPD Assessment Test: A prospective analysis

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 195-203

  Kon, Samantha S C ^a,c   Canavan, Jane L ^a,c   Jones, Sarah E ^a,c   Nolan, Claire M ^a,b,c   Clark, Amy L ^b   Dickson, Mandy J ^d   Haselden, Brigitte M ^d   Polkey, Michael I ^a,c   Man, William D C ^a,b,c  

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

^b Harefield Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY QUESTIONNAIRE; COPD ASSESSMENT TEST; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; ST. GEORGE RESPIRATORY QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84895818506     PISSN: 22132600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(14)70001-3     Document Type: Article

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