title: Norwegian versions of the Living with Asthma Questionnaire (LWAQ) and Asthma Bother Profile (ABP), validation and comparison of two asthma groups.
abstract: The Living with Asthma Questionnaire (LWAQ) and the Asthma Bother Profile (ABP) were translated into Norwegian using conventional back translation procedures, and completed by 30 asthma outpatients and 30 asthma patients admitted to inpatient rehabilitation. Reliability (Cronbach's alpha and retest-reliability) was shown to be good for both scales. Validity was established by showing significantly poorer health in the rehabilitation sample, and correlations with state and trait anxiety. The Norwegian translations are reliable and valid versions of the original questionnaires.
authors.affiliation: Glittreklinikken, Norway. einar.haave@glittreklinikken.no
authors.forename: Einar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Haave
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hyland
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D001249:Asthma / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009664:Norway; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires