Questionnaire Responses

Optimum dry eye classification using questionnaire responses.

For the diagnosis of dry eye, global criteria are required that recognize a commonality among all forms of dry eye, even though they do not necessarily identify a particular etiology. 1 A dry eye questionnaire2 can serve as a screening instrument with clinic populations and has been shown to be capable of delivering valid sensitivity and specificity information.3 In dry eye research a questionn...

The development of the irritable bowel syndrome-behavioral responses questionnaire.

OBJECTIVE Unhelpful behavior related to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is often targeted and expected to change in treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapies. However, no scale has previously been produced to assess these dimensions. The aim of this study was to develop and validate an IBS-specific behavioral responses questionnaire. METHODS A total of 153 patients with IBS as diagnose...

Exercise-induced bronchial hyperresponsiveness and parental ISAAC questionnaire responses.

The predictive value of parental questionnaire responses for exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in childhood asthma has not been fully clarified. The aim of this study was to compare exercise-induced bronchial hyperresponsiveness in 7 year old children with parental responses to core questions in the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) study. A cross-sectional stu...

[Responses by neuropaediatricians to a palliative care questionnaire].

INTRODUCTION Up to 70% of children currently treated by Palliative Care Units in Europe are neurological patients. Our objective is to assess the knowledge, interest and involvement in Paediatric Palliative Care (PPC) among Spanish paediatric neurologists. MATERIAL AND METHODS We contacted 297 Neuropaediatricians by and attached a 10-question multiple choice test. This questionnaire was relat...

Responses by neuropaediatricians to a palliative care questionnaire