Author(s)
Purpose
- Pathology:
Respiratory tract diseases
- Disease:
Generic for respiratory tract diseases
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
[ Chronic airflow limitation, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis ]
- Objective:
To measure health related quality of life in patients with chronic respiratory disease
- Population for intended use:
Adult
Pediatrics
[ Has been used in children ]
Characteristics
- Type of instrument:
Health-Related Quality of Life - HRQL (incl. health status)
- Administration mode:
Interviewer-administered
Self-administered
Telephone-administered
- Number of items:
20
- Recall/Observation period:
The last two weeks; validated also for recall of last three days
Language(s)
- Original language:
English for Canada
- List of existing translations:
The translations listed below may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.
This list of translations is subject to constant changes, therefore please check the status of translations with MAPI Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors.
CRQ original
| Danish for Denmark | French for France* | Italian for Italy* | Spanish for Spain |
| Dutch for the Netherlands* | German for Austria | Japanese for Japan | Spanish for the USA* |
| English for the UK | German for Germany | Mandarin for Taiwan | |
| English for the USA | German for Switzerland | Portuguese for Brazil* |
CRQ-IAS
| Dutch for the Netherlands* |
| French for France* |
| German for Austria |
| German for Germany |
| German for Switzerland |
* Performed by the MAPI Institute
Note: The author has selected Mapi Institute as exclusive linguistic validation company to ensure the production of harmonized and consistent language versions.
For additional information on available translations of this instrument, or for a project involving new languages, please contact our Information Unit.
Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire
Bibliographic references of the self-administered version:
Schünemann HJ, Guyatt GH, Stahl E, Stubbing J, Mador J, McKim D, Austin P, Goldstein R. Validation of a new version of the chronic respiratory questionnaire (CRQ): the self administered standardized CRQ. European Respiratory Journal. 2002;156S
Schünemann HJ, Griffith L, Jaeschke R, Goldstein R, Stubbing D, Austin P, Guyatt GH. A comparison of the original chronic respiratory questionnaire with a standardized version. Chest. 2003 Oct;124(4):1421-9
Williams JE, Singh SJ, Sewell L, Guyatt GH, Morgan MD. Development of a self-reported Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire (CRQ-SR). Thorax. 2001 Dec;56(12):954-9 (Full text article)
Last update: April 2012
Last update in collaboration with the author: December 2009

CRQ-IAS (interviewer-administered, standardized activities)
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CRQ-SAS (self-administered, standardized activities)