Chinese version of the severe respiratory insufficiency questionnaire for patients with COPD receiving long-term oxygen therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Patients with advanced-stage COPD often experience severe hypoxemia. Treatment with long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) may relieve patients' symptoms and increase survival. As COPD is incurable, improving patients' health-related quality of life is important. The Chinese version of the Severe Respiratory Insufficiency Questionnaire (SRI) is valid for patients with hypercapnic COPD undergoing noninvasive positive airway pressure ventilation at home. However, the reliability and validity of the Chinese SRI for patients with COPD undergoing LTOT have not been investigated.

Patients and methods

We analyzed reliability using Cronbach's α coefficient. Construct validity was assessed with principal, exploratory, and confirmatory factor analysis. Concurrent validity was evaluat

SUBMITTER: Guan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5955029 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature