Auto-evaluation of Dyspnea

Dyspnea Evaluated by a Qualified Examiner in Patients With Lung Diseases

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03598569

Enrollment

271

Registered

2018-07-26

Start date

2013-06-30

Completion date

2013-12-31

Last updated

2018-07-26

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Conditions

Lung Diseases

Brief summary

The primary aim of this study was to compare patients-rated evaluation and caregiver's assessment of dyspnea with the standard tools in pulmonology unit (Borg scale and visual analog scale) and the secondary aim was to performed an analysis depending on the diseases (lung cancer vs. other lung diseases) and to verify the agreement between the evaluation between both visual analog scale and modified Borg scale.

Interventions

OTHERdyspnea

dyspnea assessment

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

* age ≥18 and * to have a diagnosis of acute or chronic respiratory disease

Exclusion criteria

* mental or cognitive disorders * inability to understand the local language

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
visual analog scale	3 seconds
borg scale	3 seconds

Countries

Belgium

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026