Clinical trial NCT06669897: Validation of a Questionnaire to Measure Cough Severity
Official title: Validation of a Questionnaire to Measure Cough Severity in Patients with Chronic Cough
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Conditions: Cough
Keywords: Cough
Chronic cough
Lead sponsor: Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-11-01
Enrollment: 100
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 30
Maximum age (years): 99
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Spanish-speaking patients with previous diagnosis of chronic cough or healthy volunteers.

Brief summary: To design and validate a questionnaire that allows objective assessment of the severity of chronic cough

Detailed description: Chronic cough is a common disease that has important consequences for patients, ranging from physical to psychological and social aspects. However, there is currently no tool to objectively validate cough severity.

The aim of the study is to design and validate a questionnaire to objectively assess the severity of chronic cough.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Aged between 30 and 99 years
* Clinical diagnosis of chronic cough or healthy volunteers
* Good understanding of Spanish

Exclusion Criteria:

* Non-Spanish-speaking patients
* Inability to complete the questionnaires
* Failure to sign the informed consent form

Primary outcomes:
measure: A questionnaire for assessing the severity of chronic cough
timeFrame: 1 year
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Correlation of the results of the questionnaire with frequency of cough
timeFrame: 1 year
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Barcelona
country: Spain
facility: Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. Carrer Mas Casanovas 90.
Study officials:
affiliation: Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
name: Astrid Crespo-Lessmann, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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