Discrepancies between modified medical research council dyspnea score and COPD assessment test score in patients with COPD

International Journal of COPD

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1623-1631

  Rhee, Chin Kook ^a   Kim, Jin Woo ^a   Hwang, Yong Il ^b   Lee, Jin Hwa ^c   Jung, Ki Suck ^b   Lee, Myung Goo ^d   Yoo, Kwang Ha ^e   Lee, Sang Haak ^a   Shin, Kyeong Cheol ^f   Yoon, Hyoung Kyu ^g  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University Medical Center   (China)

^c Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Yeungnam University Hospital   (South Korea)

^g The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CAT; Concordance; COPD; Discrepancy; mMRC

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPD ASSESSMENT TEST SCORE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODIFIED MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL DYSPNEA SCORE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; YOUDEN INDEX; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSPNEA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; SOUTH KOREA; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84939217285     PISSN: 11769106     EISSN: 11782005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/COPD.S87147     Document Type: Article

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