The COPD Assessment Test (CAT) can screen for fatigue among patients with COPD.

Caroline StridsmanMy SvenssonViktor Johansson StrandkvistLinnea HedmanHelena BackmanAnne Lindberg

Published in: Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease (2019)

Fatigue was associated with respiratory symptoms, anxiety/depression and worse HRQoL when using the clinically useful instruments EQ-5D-VAS and CAT. The CAT-energy question can be used to screen for fatigue in clinical practice, using a cut-off of ⩾2.

Keyphrases

sleep quality
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
depressive symptoms
clinical practice
lung function
high throughput
physical activity
cystic fibrosis
patient reported outcomes