2016/03/17 by Miriam J. Johnson, Lucy Close, Suzie Gillon +5
Health Professions · Medicine · Social Sciences · #Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research #Delphi Technique in Research #Dysphagia Assessment and Management
paper · pdf · doi:10.1183/13993003.02089-2015
openalex publication_date 2016/03/17 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
The subjective nature of the experience of chronic breathlessness (dyspnoea) creates challenges for patients who need to communicate its intensity, and for clinicians and researchers who need to measure the symptom in order to plan management and assess the effect of interventions. Measuring chronic dyspnoea in clinical studies: numerical rating scale better than the modified Borg scale <http://ow.ly/XZc1G> With thanks to members of the Breathlessness Research Interest Group who provided data: Claudia Bausewein (University of Munich, Munich, Germany); Saskie Dorman (Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Poole, UK); Morag Farquhar and Sara Booth (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK); Alex Molassiotis (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong); Stephen Oxberry (Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, Huddersfield, UK); Farida Malik (Eastbourne and East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Eastbourne, UK); Steffen Simon (University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany); Kyle Pattinson (University of Oxford, Oxford, UK); Janelle Yorke (University of Manchester, Manchester, UK); Patrick White (King's College London, London, UK).