Dalhousie dyspnea scales: construct and content validity of pictorial scales for measuring dyspnea

• Main Authors: Pianosi Paul T (Author), McGrath Patrick J (Author), Unruh Anita M (Author), Buckley Chloe P (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2005-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Because there are no child-friendly, validated, self-report measures of dyspnea or breathlessness, we developed, and provided initial validation, of three, 7-item, pictorial scales depicting three sub-constructs of dyspnea: throat cl...