Quantifying dyspnoea and physical activity in Saudi Nationals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

This thesis looked at translating the Arabic version of a questionnaire that measures breathlessness for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It also looked at whether this translated version changed between a period when people with COPD were hospitalised and when they were cli...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alyami, Mohammed
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75835
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Summary:This thesis looked at translating the Arabic version of a questionnaire that measures breathlessness for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It also looked at whether this translated version changed between a period when people with COPD were hospitalised and when they were clinically stable. In addition, this thesis explored measures of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in people with COPD and compared the measures with healthy people.