Open Access<p>Translation and Cultural Adaptation of PROactive Instruments for COPD in French and Influence of Weather and Pollution on Its Difficulty Score</p>
Author(s) -
Trija Vaidya,
Véronique Thomas-Ollivier,
François Hug,
A. Bernady,
Carolin Le Blanc,
Claire de Bisschop,
Arnaud Chambellan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s214410
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , adaptation (eye) , pollution , psychology , neuroscience , ecology , biology
The recently developed daily and clinical visit PROactive physical activity in COPD (PPAC) instruments are hybrid tools to objectively quantify the level of physical activity and the difficulties experienced in everyday life. Our aim was to translate these instruments for the French-speaking chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) community worldwide and evaluate the influence of weather and pollution on difficulty score.