This study demonstrates that CAT can provide a reliable measure of exacerbation severity in COPD patients. The authors showed that at exacerbation the CAT scores significantly increased from baseline ...

A COPD assessment test (CAT) is a tool that can help you communicate the severity of your condition to your doctor. People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often have difficulties ...

Exacerbation severity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can be reliably assessed with the COPD Assessment Test (CAT), according to a new study from the UK. "There is ...

One of the aims of the COPD Assessment Test (CAT) is to aid communication between the physician and patient about the burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on the patient's life.

Investigators of a 3-year observational study identified independent risk factors for exacerbations related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and successfully developed a novel risk ...

COPD inhaled triple therapy (BDP/FF/G) improved symptoms, lung function, adherence, and QOL in patients previously treated with inhaled dual therapy.

Researchers conducted a study to verify the CAT as a predictor of outcome among patients with interstitial lung disease. The chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Assessment Test (CAT) ...

COPD diagnosis Researchers have proposed that the COPD Assessment Test (CAT) be used as a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clinical outcomes assessment tool. Members of the COPD Biomarker ...

A high assessment test score for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may predict anxiety in patients, a recent study reported. A high assessment test score for chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Doing targeted COPD case finding as part of NHS lung cancer checks could save £33m over the next decade, research has shown. The figures are based on a pilot project in Hull which found almost half of ...

The health status of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is currently being assessed using several different questionnaires. One of them is the COPD Assessment Test (CAT), which ...