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The minimal important difference of the hospital anxiety and depression scale in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BACKGROUND: Interpretation of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), commonly used to assess anxiety and depression in COPD patients, is unclear. Since its minimal important difference has never been established, our aim was to determine it using several approaches. METHODS: 88 COPD patie...

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Autores principales: Puhan, Milo A, Frey, Martin, Büchi, Stefan, Schünemann, Holger J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2459149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18597689
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-6-46