Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Reliability and validity of a Dutch version of the Leicester Cough Questionnaire. | Cough BioMed Central Open Access Reliability and validity of a Dutch version of the Leicester Cough Questionnaire Arnold N Huisman1 Mei-Zei Wu1 Steven M Uil1 and Jan Willem K van den Berg 1 2 Address Department of Pulmonology Isala klinieken Postbus 10500 8000 GM Zwolle The Netherlands and 2University Medical Center Groningen University of Groningen Groningen the Netherlands Email Arnold N Huisman - Mei-ZeiWu - Steven M Uil - Jan Willem K van den Berg - Corresponding author Published 21 February 2007 Received 10 November 2006 Cough 2007 3 3 doi 1745-9974-3-3 Accepted 21 February 2007 This article is available from http content 3 1 3 2007 Huisman et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Chronic cough is a common condition with a significant impact on quality of life. Currently no health status measure specific for chronic cough exists in the Netherlands. Thus we developed a Dutch version of the Leicester Cough Questionnaire LCQ and tested its scaling and clinical properties. Methods The LCQ was adapted for Dutch conditions following a forward-backward translation procedure. All patients referred to our cough clinic between May 2004 and February 2005 completed five questionnaires the LCQ the modified Borg score for cough the Short-Form 36 SF-36 the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale HADS and the Global Rating of Change GRC upon presentation after two weeks and after 6 months. Concurrent validation internal consistency repeatability and responsiveness were determined. Results For the concurrent validation the correlation coefficients n 152 patients between the LCQ and the other .
