The Assessment of Burden of COPD (ABC) Scale: A Reliable and Valid Questionnaire

COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 431-438

  Slok, Annerika H M ^a   Bemelmans, Thomas C H ^a   Kotz, Daniel ^a,f   van der Molen, Thys ^b   Kerstjens, Huib A M ^b   in ‘t Veen, Johannes C C M ^c   Chavannes, Niels H ^d   Asijee, Guus M ^a   Rutten van Mölken, Maureen P M H ^e   van Schayck, Onno C P ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f Department of Orthopedic Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

burden of disease; integrated health status; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF BURDEN OF COPD SCALE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONOLOGIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; ST. GEORGE RESPIRATORY QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84955093699     PISSN: 15412555     EISSN: 15412563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15412555.2015.1118025     Document Type: Article

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