Auto-evaluation of Dyspnea

Dyspnea Evaluated by a Qualified Examiner in Patients With Lung Diseases

The primary aim of this study was to compare patients-rated evaluation and caregiver's assessment of dyspnea with the standard tools in pulmonology unit (Borg scale and visual analog scale) and the secondary aim was to performed an analysis depending on the diseases (lung cancer vs. other lung diseases) and to verify the agreement between the evaluation between both visual analog scale and modified Borg scale.

Inclusion Criteria:

• age ≥18 and
• to have a diagnosis of acute or chronic respiratory disease

Exclusion Criteria:

• mental or cognitive disorders
• inability to understand the local language