Titre
Comparing questionnaires for the assessment of acute mountain sickness.
Type
article
Institution
Externe
Périodique
Auteur(s)
Dellasanta, P.
Auteure/Auteur
Gaillard, S.
Auteure/Auteur
Loutan, L.
Auteure/Auteur
Kayser, B.
Auteure/Auteur
Liens vers les personnes
ISSN
1527-0297
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2007
Volume
8
Numéro
3
Première page
184
Dernière page/numéro d’article
191
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Exposure to high altitude in nonacclimatized subjects may lead to acute mountain sickness (AMS). AMS is a syndrome characterized by headache accompanied by one or more other symptoms, such as light-headedness, dizziness, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, lassitude, and trouble sleeping. Assessing the presence and degree of AMS can be done using self-administered questionnaires like the Lake Louise Questionnaire (LLQ) and the Environmental Symptoms Questionnaire-III (ESQ-III). We compared LLQ and ESQ-III in 266 trekkers of different nationalities trekking over a 5400-m-high pass to assess if the two questionnaires identify the same population as suffering from AMS and to see whether using English questionnaires poses problems for nonnative English-speaking persons. The use of English questionnaires by nonnative English speakers influenced the outcome for some nationalities. For criterion scores yielding similar prevalence of AMS, ESQ-III labeled 20% of cases differently (AMS or no AMS) when compared to LLQ. Correlations between similar individual questions of ESQ-III and LLQ were variable, and there was considerable scatter between ESQ-III and LLQ scores. In conclusion, English questionnaires may pose problems in some international settings, and ESQ-III and LLQ may identify different populations as suffering from AMS.
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Date de création
2013-09-19T08:28:36.853Z
Date de création dans IRIS
2025-05-21T00:45:50Z