Cultural and linguistic testing of the Handling Questionnaire: a specific instrument for assessing the patient’s acceptability of dry powder inhalers
The testing and checking phases of a questionnaire are briefly described in this paper, identifying the common errors due to incorrect formulation of questions and the main issues. The theoretical methods for “testing” a questionnaire has been examined in the first section, in the second section the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease |
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| Online Access: | https://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/379 |
| Summary: | The testing and checking phases of a questionnaire are briefly described in this paper, identifying the common errors due to incorrect formulation of questions and the main issues. The theoretical methods for “testing” a questionnaire has been examined in the first section, in the second section the testing process for a specific questionnaire for assessing the patient’s acceptability of a dry powder device (the Handling Questionnaire) has been described, together with the grading of improvement achieved. |
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| ISSN: | 1122-0643 2532-5264 |