Unravelling the Information Contained in the Single Items of the COPD Assessment Test for Different Outcomes and Smoking Status in Patients with COPD: Results from COSYCONET
Peter Alter, Kathrin Kahnert, Franziska C Trudzinski, Robert Bals, Henrik Watz, Tim Speicher, Sandra Söhler, Klaus F Rabe, Emiel F M Wouters, Claus F Vogelmeier, Rudolf A Jörres · 2024
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Description
Alter leads a large team dissecting what each question of a COPD symptom questionnaire adds in a 2024 paper. The eight-item test is routine in lung clinics. Data came from a large German cohort spanning all disease grades.
The total score beat single items for most outcomes, including death and flare-up risk. Patterns differed between current smokers and nonsmokers, with items carrying more signal in nonsmokers. For flare-ups, value was similar in both groups. In smokers, some items pulled in opposite directions and canceled out in the total. A lung transfer measure linked to the total only in nonsmokers. The authors say item-level reading can squeeze more from a familiar test. Results may guide routine assessment.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Peter Alter, Kathrin Kahnert, Franziska C Trudzinski, Robert Bals, Henrik Watz, Tim Speicher, Sandra Söhler, Klaus F Rabe, Emiel F M Wouters, Claus F Vogelmeier, Rudolf A Jörres |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |