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Validity and repeatability of the IUATLD (1984) Bronchial Symptoms Questionnaire: an international comparison

PG Burney, LA Laitinen, S Perdrizet, H Huckauf, AE Tattersfield, S Chinn, N Poisson, A Heeren, Britton JR, T Jones
European Respiratory Journal 1989 2: 940-945; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.93.02090940
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Abstract

The International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) Bronchial Symptoms Questionnaire (1984) was developed for use in studies of asthma and its reliability measured in an earlier survey in England. The association of the symptoms elicited by this questionnaire to bronchial response to histamine has also been described. This paper presents the results of studies of the questionnaire in four clinical centres in Europe. The reliability of the questionnaire and its ability to predict the bronchial response to histamine were compared for English, Finnish, French and German translations of the questionnaire in samples of diagnosed asthmatics and controls in Nottingham, Berlin, Helsinki and Paris. The answers to questions showed good repeatability, especially in Finland and Germany, particularly those questions on asthma and wheeze. The most sensitive symptom for predicting hyperresponsiveness was the question on wheeze, the most specific questions were those on waking at night with shortness of breath (Paris and Nottingham) and morning tightness (Helsinki and Berlin). This study shows that the IUATLD (1984) questionnaire may provide useful, valid and comparable data even in translation but these studies will need to be repeated in representative samples before such a possibility is accepted as fully demonstrated.

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Validity and repeatability of the IUATLD (1984) Bronchial Symptoms Questionnaire: an international comparison
PG Burney, LA Laitinen, S Perdrizet, H Huckauf, AE Tattersfield, S Chinn, N Poisson, A Heeren, Britton, T Jones
European Respiratory Journal Nov 1989, 2 (10) 940-945; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.93.02090940

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PG Burney, LA Laitinen, S Perdrizet, H Huckauf, AE Tattersfield, S Chinn, N Poisson, A Heeren, Britton, T Jones
European Respiratory Journal Nov 1989, 2 (10) 940-945; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.93.02090940
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