1. Development and validation of the Salzburg COPD-screening questionnaire (SCSQ): a questionnaire development and validation study
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Gertraud Weiss, Ina Steinacher, Bernd Lamprecht, Bernhard Kaiser, Romana Mikes, Lea Sator, Sylvia Hartl, Helga Wagner, and M. Studnicka
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Diseases of the respiratory system ,RC705-779 - Abstract
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Questionnaire for pre-screening potential sufferers Scientists in Austria have developed a brief, simple questionnaire to identify patients likely to have early-stage chronic lung disease. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is notoriously difficult to diagnose, and the condition often causes irreversible lung damage before it is identified. Finding a simple, cost-effective method of pre-screening patients with suspected early-stage COPD could potentially improve treatment responses and limit the burden of extensive lung function (‘spirometry’) tests on health services. Gertraud Weiss at Paracelsus Medical University, Austria, and co-workers have developed and validated an easy-to-use, self-administered questionnaire that could prove effective for pre-screening patients. The team trialed the five-point Salzburg COPD-screening questionnaire on 1258 patients. Patients scoring 2 points or above on the questionnaire underwent spirometry tests. The questionnaire seems to provide a sensitive and cost-effective way of pre-selecting patients for spirometry referral.
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- 2017
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