title: [Validation of the St George's questionnaire for measuring the quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease].
abstract: The validity of a French version of a disease specific quality of life instrument, the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire, has been assessed in a sample of 64 patients with chronic respiratory disease undergoing oxygen therapy. The studied properties were internal consistency, test-retest reproducibility and criterion validity. The St George's showed a good internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha coefficients from 0.61 to 0.95 and a good reproducibility with Intraclass Correlation Coefficients (ICC) from 0.67 to 0.95. High correlation with dyspnea (p=0.0004 to 0.01) showed a correct criterion validity. So psychometric properties of the French version of the questionnaire are good. However, its administration caused a few problems, and we advice it to be administered by a trained interviewer in such patients.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Informatique Médicale, Epidémiologie et Statistiques, CHU de Nancy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bouchet
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guillemin
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Hoang Thi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cornette
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Briançon
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*
vernacular_title: Validation du questionnaire St Georges pour mesurer la qualité de vie chez les insuffisants respiratoires chroniques.