REVISION OF ATS-DLS RESPIRATORY DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE

本次会议补助金申请建议重新审视ATS-DLD 最初发表的呼吸系统疾病问卷（RDQ） 1978年该项目的目标是开发一个新的RDQ， 慢性肺病的未来流行病学调查。调查人员 设想一个包含儿科和成人组件的核心RDQ， 问卷模块，更全面地处理特定的呼吸 疾病这次会议赠款的具体目标如下。第一章 修订核心RDQ的成人和儿科版本，包括说明 备用2)扩大RDQ的范围，增加对以下方面的关注： 过敏; B）职业和居住暴露史; c）阻塞性睡眠 呼吸暂停;和d）收集所需的表型和家族史数据， 评估呼吸系统疾病的遗传决定因素和基因-环境 交互. 3)为评估有效性和 RDQ的可靠性，包括验证研究的建议， 应作为单独的项目和/或在更大的 流行病学调查。4)传播RDQ，包括 使用和验证建议。预计 这将通过在《美国医学杂志》上发表该仪器来实现。 呼吸和重症监护医学，通过在ATS举行的研讨会 年度会议，并通过使用该协会的互联网网站。

This conference grant application proposes to revisit the ATS-DLD Respiratory Disease Questionnaire (RDQ) that was originally published in 1978. The goal of this project is to develop a new RDQ that will enhance future epidemiologic investigations of chronic lung diseases. The investigators envision a core RDQ with pediatric and adult components and expanded questionnaire modules that deal more comprehensively with specific respiratory diseases. The specific aims of this conference grant are the following. 1) Revise the adult and pediatric versions of the core RDQ, including directions for use. 2) Expand the scope of the RDQ, increasing the focus on: a) asthma and allergy; b) occupational and residential exposure history; c) obstructive sleep apnea; and d) the collection of phenotypic and family history data needed to assess the genetic determinants of respiratory diseases and gene-environment interactions. 3) Develop recommendations for assessing the validity and reliability of the RDQ, including suggestions for validation studies which should be undertaken as separate projects and/or in the context of larger epidemiologic investigations. 4) Disseminate the RDQ, including directions for use and recommendations for validation, to investigators. It is anticipated that this will be done by publishing the instrument in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, by means of a symposium at the ATS Annual Meeting, and by using the internet web site of the ATS.