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Symptom Measurement & Evaluation - Coggle Diagram
Symptom Measurement & Evaluation
Symptom Measurement & Evaluation
Assessing the severity of the symptom of breathlessness
Evaluating the impact breathlessness on the pt. health status and/or quality of life
Severity of Breathlessness causes
Pathology: resp. disorders, cardiac disorders, obesity, anaemia
Psychological: anxiety, depression
Physiological: exercise, high altitiude
Pharmacological: drug induced resp. disorders
Severity of Breathlessness objective
FEV1/FVC
Peak Expiratory Flow Meters
FEV1
Severity of Breathlessness Subjective
Pt. questioning
Borg scale
Severity of breathlessness
Poor correlation between FEV1 & perceptions of severity of breathlessness
is judged by asking the pt. the extent to which it affects their daily lives
Impact of Breathlessness
CAT
St . Georges Resp. Questionnaire