{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Obasi CN"],"funding":["NCATS NIH HHS","NCCIH NIH HHS","NCRR NIH HHS","PHS HHS"],"pagination":["1293-8"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC3966930"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["23(4)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Purpose</h4>To develop a shorter version of the Wisconsin Upper Respiratory Symptom Survey (WURSS-21), a self-report questionnaire for evaluating daily symptoms and functional impairments during acute respiratory illness (ARI).<h4>Methods</h4>WURSS-21 data were retrieved from 4 studies (n = 1167) spanning the years 2002-2010. Similar methodologies were employed among these studies. Degree of missingness, ceiling/floor effects, and exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory (CFA) factor analyses were investigated and used to guide item retention. Stability of the reduced WURSS was evaluated across the first 3 days of ARI.<h4>Results</h4>Degree of missingness was <1 % and appeared to be completely at random. Seven WURSS items with >30 % of ratings of zero (floor effects) were eliminated. Cross-l"],"journal":["Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation"],"pubmed_title":["Item reduction of the Wisconsin Upper Respiratory Symptom Survey (WURSS-21) leads to the WURSS-11."],"pmcid":["PMC3966930"],"funding_grant_id":["1R01AT001428","K23 AT000051","R01 AT004313","K24AT006543","T32 AT000051","R01 AT001428","K24 AT006543","1R01AT004313","M01 RR03186","F32 AT000051","UL1 TR000427","T32HP10010","K23 AT00051-01","UL1 RR025011","1UL1RR025011","M01 RR003186"],"pubmed_authors":["Barrett BP","Brown RL","Obasi CN"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Item reduction of the Wisconsin Upper Respiratory Symptom Survey (WURSS-21) leads to the WURSS-11.","description":"<h4>Purpose</h4>To develop a shorter version of the Wisconsin Upper Respiratory Symptom Survey (WURSS-21), a self-report questionnaire for evaluating daily symptoms and functional impairments during acute respiratory illness (ARI).<h4>Methods</h4>WURSS-21 data were retrieved from 4 studies (n = 1167) spanning the years 2002-2010. Similar methodologies were employed among these studies. Degree of missingness, ceiling/floor effects, and exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory (CFA) factor analyses were investigated and used to guide item retention. Stability of the reduced WURSS was evaluated across the first 3 days of ARI.<h4>Results</h4>Degree of missingness was <1 % and appeared to be completely at random. Seven WURSS items with >30 % of ratings of zero (floor effects) were eliminated. Cross-l","dates":{"release":"2014-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2014 May","modification":"2025-04-04T01:26:43.616Z","creation":"2019-03-27T01:24:00Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC3966930","cross_references":{"pubmed":["24142237"],"doi":["10.1007/s11136-013-0561-z"]}}