title: [A new health-related quality of life questionnaires-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease assessment test].
abstract: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major public health problem with high prevalence and mortality. A simple and effective tool for COPD assessment is urgently needed in clinical practice. The COPD Assessment Test is a newly developed questionnaire for assessing and monitoring COPD. This simple, highly sensitive, and highly reliable in assessing the patients quality of life and providing information concerning the severity of disease, and therefore can be widely applied.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, PUMC Hospital, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Bai-qiang
authors.initials: BQ
authors.lastname: Cai
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires