Development of a self-scored persistent airflow obstruction screening questionnaire in a general Japanese population: the Hisayama study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of a simple screening questionnaire to detect persistent airflow obstruction (AO) in COPD may facilitate the early, accurate diagnosis of COPD in general practice settings.

Objective

This study developed an original persistent AO questionnaire for screening individuals with COPD in a general Japanese population.

Methods

A working group was established to generate initial draft questionnaire items about COPD. Eligible subjects aged 40 and older living in Japan were solicited to participate in a health checkup from 2014 to 2015. In study I, 2,338 subjects who fully completed the initial draft questionnaire and who had valid spirometry measurements were statistically analyzed to determine the final questionnaire items as a COPD screening questionnaire

SUBMITTER: Samukawa T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5439935 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature