Preferred Label : Baseline Dyspnea Index Clinical Classification;
NCIt related terms : BDI01; BDI;
NCIt definition : A standardized rating scale developed by Mahler et al in 1984, which is a general
scale used to measure the rating of severity of dyspnea at a single state (as baseline).
The questionnaire contains 3 categories of 24 items; functional impairment, magnitude
of task and magnitude of effort. The instrument is scored on a five-grade scale for
each category, where grade 0 represents very severe impairment and grade 4 represents
no impairment.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Baseline Dyspnea Index (BDI) (Mahler DA, Weinberg DH, Wells CK, Feinstein AR.
The measurement of dyspnea. Contents, interobserver agreement, and physiologic correlates
of two new clinical indexes. Chest 1984, 85: 751-758). No part of the BDI may be reproduced,
distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording,
or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of
Donald A. Mahler, MD and payment of any applicable fees. Copyright Donald A. Mahler.
All rights reserved.;
Origin ID : C106693;
UMLS CUI : C3714938;
Semantic type(s)
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