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Volume 38, Issue 6 , Pages 837-848 , December 2009

Frequency and Self-Management of Pain, Dyspnea, and Cough in Cystic Fibrosis

Simone J. Stenekes, RN, MN
- Palliative Care Program, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority and Canadian Virtual Hospice, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Address correspondence to: Simone J. Stenekes, RN, MN, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Palliative Care Program, A9024-409 Tache Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2H 2A6, Canada.
Amy Hughes, BSc, MD
- Dalhousie University Medical School, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Marie-Claude Grégoire, MD, MSc, FRCPC
- Centre for Pediatric Pain Research, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Department of Anesthesia, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Gerri Frager, RN, MD, FRCPC
- Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Walter M. Robinson, MD, MPH
- Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Patrick J. McGrath, OC, PhD, FRSC
- Centre for Pediatric Pain Research, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

,Accepted 6 April 2009.

Dalhousie Dyspnea Scale—Effort, Chest Tightness, and Throat Closing scales.

Dalhousie Dyspnea Scale—Effort, Chest Tightness, and Throat Closing scales.
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Dyspnea rating.

Dyspnea rating.
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Pictorial scale (Effort).

Pictorial scale (Effort).
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Pictorial scale (Chest Tightness).

Pictorial scale (Chest Tightness).
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Pictorial scale (Throat Closing).

Pictorial scale (Throat Closing).
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Financial assistance for the research was provided by the Nova Scotia Lung Association, with additional support from an IWK Health Centre Summer Research Studentship, which had matching funds contributed by the IWK Pediatric Palliative Care Program. These funding sources had no role in study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation of results, in writing the report, or in the decision to submit the article for publication. The corresponding author had full access to all the data and had final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication.

S.J.S., A.H., G.F., and W.M.R. have no conflict of interest. M.-C.G. is supported by an IWK Board of Directors and a CIHR Fellowship, and has no conflict of interest. P.J.M. is supported by a Canada Research Chair and has no conflict of interest.

PII: S0885-3924(09)00747-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.04.029

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Volume 38, Issue 6 , Pages 837-848 , December 2009