Wheeze and cough measurements at night in children with respiratory symptoms

BMC Pediatrics

Table 3 Correlation detections with questionnaires and scores

		VCD-N	VCD-D	ACT	PCQ	PC-QoL	Score-NS
Coughing
N=		35	34	17	19	7	12
Episodes with cough	r	0,48^**	0,41^*	0,05	0,07	−0,33	0,42
Episodes with cough	p-value	0,00	0,02	0,85	0,76	0,47	0,17
Number of coughs	r	0,42^*	0,46^**	0,07	0,08	−0,26	0,71^**
Number of coughs	p-value	0,01	0,01	0,79	0,73	0,56	0,01
Wheezing
N=		34	33	17	19	7	11
Episodes with wheezing	r	0,21	0,11	−0,03	−0,07	−0,44	0,07
Episodes with wheezing	p-value	0,23	0,52	0,89	0,78	0,32	0,84
Number of wheezes	r	0,22	0,08	−0,03	−0,07	− 0,43	0,08
Number of wheezes	p-value	0,22	0,66	0,90	0,78	0,34	0,82
Wheezes at expiration only	r	0,11	0,15	0,06	-0,07	0,69	0,09
Wheezes at expiration only	p-value	0,56	0,43	0,81	0,78	0,13	0,78

VCD-D verbal category descriptive score for cough at daytime, VCD-N verbal category descriptive score for cough at nighttime, ACT Asthma Control Test, Score-NS score for cough during recording as perceived by nursing staff (only in-patients), PCQ pediatric cough questionnaire, PC-QoL parent-proxy quality of life questionnaire for pediatric chronic cough; p-value: two-tailed p-value of Pearson’s correlation; *: correlation between subjective score and objective recording results with p < 0,05; **: correlation with p < 0,01

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