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Development and validation of an interstitial lung disease exposure questionnaire for sub-Saharan Africa.

Peter D JacksonRoma PadalkarWinceslaus KatagiraKevin MortimerNatalie A RykielNicole M RobertsonSuzanne L PollardPatricia AlupoWilliam CheckleyBruce KirengaTrishul Siddharthan
Published in: ERJ open research (2022)
This mixed-methods study included experts from 17 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and successfully developed a 73-item ILD exposure questionnaire for sub-Saharan Africa. African pulmonary experts valued region-specific additions and ranked several items from existing ILD questionnaires as unimportant.
Keyphrases
  • interstitial lung disease
  • psychometric properties
  • systemic sclerosis
  • rheumatoid arthritis
  • idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  • cross sectional
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • study protocol