Validation of the Korean Version of the Bronchiectasis Health Questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Bronchiectasis Health Questionnaire (BHQ) is a simple and repeatable, self-reporting health status questionnaire for bronchiectasis. We have translated the original version of the BHQ into Korean using a standardized methodology. The purpose of this study was to assess the validity of the Korean version of the BHQ (K-BHQ) with Korean patients.

Methods

Stable state patients with bronchiectasis from two academic hospitals were enrolled in this study. The validity was assessed by investigating the relationship between the K-BHQ scores and the Korean version of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Assessment Test (K-CAT) scores. We also investigated the relationship between the K-BHQ scores and other variables of the modified Medical Research Council's (mMRC)

SUBMITTER: Kim HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7362752 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature