Determination of the minimal important difference for Dyspnea ‐12 questionnaire in patients with COPD, after pulmonary rehabilitation.

ConclusionD ‐12 is a good tool to assess the decrease of dyspnea after PR. We propose MID of ‐6 points. However, Future estimates of MID for the D‐12 should use anchors that are more strongly correlated with it.

Source: The Clinical Respiratory Journal - December 5, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Marc Beaumont, M élanie Le Garrec, Loic Péran, Anne Cécile Berriet, Catherine Le Ber, Romain Pichon, Michel Cabillic Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research