Portuguese-language version of the COPD Assessment Test: validation for use in Brazil

OBJECTIVE: To validate a Portuguese-language version of the COPD assessment test (CAT) for use in Brazil and to assess the reproducibility of this version. METHODS: This was multicenter study involving patients with stable COPD at two teaching hospitals in the city of Fortaleza, Brazil. Two ind...

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Main Authors: Guilherme Pinheiro Ferreira da Silva, Maria Tereza Aguiar Pessoa Morano, Cyntia Maria Sampaio Viana, Clarissa Bentes de Araujo Magalhaes, Eanes Delgado Barros Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2013-06-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132013000400402&lng=en&tlng=en