| Literature DB >> 19937752 |
Virginia Carrieri-Kohlman1, DorAnne Donesky-Cuenco, Soo Kyung Park, Lynda Mackin, Huong Q Nguyen, Steven M Paul.
Abstract
The primary purpose of this secondary analysis was to determine whether 103 participants with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease rated the affective dimension of dyspnea (dyspnea-related anxiety and dyspnea-related distress) separately from the sensory dimension (intensity) during baseline exercise testing conducted as part of a randomized clinical trial. A secondary purpose was to determine if dyspnea-related anxiety and distress were rated distinctly different from other measurements of anxiety. At the end of a 6-minute walk and an incremental treadmill test, participant ratings of the magnitude of dyspnea-related anxiety and distress on the Modified Borg Scale were significantly different from their ratings of the intensity of dyspnea. Dyspnea-related anxiety and distress also appeared to be concepts independent from measures of state anxiety, negative affect, and anxiety before a treadmill test.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 19937752 PMCID: PMC3000805 DOI: 10.1002/nur.20359
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Res Nurs Health ISSN: 0160-6891 Impact factor: 2.228