Sensitivity of the COPD assessment test (CAT questionnaire) investigated in a population of 681 consecutive patients referring to a lung clinic: The first Italian specific study

Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dal Negro, Roberto W ^b   Bonadiman, Luca ^a   Turco, Paola ^b  

^a CESFAR Centro Studi Nazionale di Farmaco Economia e Farmaco Epidemiologia Respiratoria   (Italy)

^b Research and Clinical Governance   (Italy)

Author keywords

CAT questionnaire; COPD; COPD impact; Long term monitoring; Respiratory health

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE ASSESSMENT TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYSPNEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ITALY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG STRUCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING HABIT; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84901945971     PISSN: 1828695X     EISSN: 20496958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-6958-9-15     Document Type: Article

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