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Measurement of dyspnoea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation ·Vol. 2 ·No. 3 ·1993-06-00 ·Pages 181-91

Eakin EG, Kaplan RM, Ries AL

Abstract

This paper reviews the assessment of shortness of breath in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The validity criteria for evaluating measures of dyspnoea are discussed and a description and critique of current measures of shortness of breath are offered. Across studies, dyspnoea measures are moderately correlated with pulmonary function (e.g. FEV1.0 and FVC), psychological function, and walking tests (6 min walk). In addition, dyspnoea measures tend to be correlated with one another. The need for standardisation of dyspnoea measures for research and clinical practice is identified as an important objective for future work.

MeSH Terms
Activities of Daily Living Dyspnea/diagnosis,etiology,physiopathology,psychology Forced Expiratory Volume Lung Diseases, Obstructive/complications Quality of Life Reproducibility of Results Severity of Illness Index Vital Capacity Walking
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Eakin E G
San Diego State University Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0622.
Kaplan R M
Ries A L
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Article Info
Journal
Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation
Abbr.
Qual Life Res
ISSN
0962-9343
DOI
10.1007/BF00435222
Published
1993-06-00
Pages
181-91
Language
English
Region
Netherlands
NLM ID
9210257
Subset
IM
Grants
NHLBI NIH HHS · R01 HL 34732 · United States
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF00435222 View journal details
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