Current Situation and Thinking of Assessment Tools for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
10.11842/wst.2014.07.038
- VernacularTitle:慢性阻塞性肺疾病测评工具的现状与思考
- Author:
Xiaoli ZHANG
;
Yang XIE
;
Jiansheng LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Obstructive;
pulmonary disease;
quality of life;
assessment tool
- From:
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2014;(7):1664-1667
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The development and application of assessment tools for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have been a hot spot both at home and abroad. More and more scales and questionnaires for COPD assessment have emerged. The comparison on characteristics of different scales / questionnaires, and the selection of appropriate as-sessment tool have become a key issue which requires to be solved. This article analyzed characteristics of commonly used assessment tools both at home and abroad. Related thoughts had been put forward for the providing of evidences in the improvement of COPD efficacy evaluation index system.
