Development and validation of a short questionnaire in community acquired pneumonia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A short but sensitive questionnaire evaluating changes in respiratory symptoms and well being during the treatment of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is needed. We have developed a measurement and evaluated its psychometric properties in 67 patients admitted with CAP.

Methods

The patients were asked to indicate the presence and severity of dyspnoea, coughing, coughing up sputum, coughing up sputum with ease, the colour of the sputum, fatigue, fitness, and their state of health. The item fatigue showed substantial overlap with fitness and was therefore excluded. The response of the patients to the remaining eight items was used to calculate a CAP score.

Results

The percentage of missing data (0.2-1.7%), floor and ceiling effects (0.2/5.5%), internal consi

SUBMITTER: El Moussaoui R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1747065 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature