A Systematic Overview of the Measurement Properties of the Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire

Yves Lacasse; Eric Wong; Gordon Guyatt

doi:10.1155/1997/717139

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 1997)

A Systematic Overview of the Measurement Properties of the Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire

Yves Lacasse,
Eric Wong,
Gordon Guyatt

Affiliations

Yves Lacasse: Design, Measurement and Evaluation Program, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Eric Wong: Design, Measurement and Evaluation Program, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Gordon Guyatt: Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1997/717139
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 3
pp. 131 – 139

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQL) of patients with chronic lung disease has become an important aspect of many clinical investigations. The authors examined the measurement properties of a disease-specific HRQL questionnaire, the Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire (CRQ), when used by independent investigators in clinical trials and observational studies.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crj/

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