LCQ LCQ Development and History 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Who developed the Leicester Cough Questionnaire?
- Irwin and colleagues
- Morice and colleagues
- Birring and colleagues (Correct answer)
- McGarvey and colleagues
Correct answer: Birring and colleagues
The LCQ was developed by Surinder Birring and colleagues at the University of Leicester.
Question 2: In what year was the LCQ originally published?
- 1998
- 2001
- 2003 (Correct answer)
- 2007
Correct answer: 2003
The LCQ was first published in 2003 in the European Respiratory Journal.
Question 3: The LCQ was originally developed at which UK institution?
- University of Manchester
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Leicester (Correct answer)
- Imperial College London
Correct answer: University of Leicester
The LCQ was developed at the University of Leicester, which is reflected in its name — the Leicester Cough Questionnaire.
Question 4: What type of patients was the LCQ originally developed and validated in?
- Acute upper respiratory infection patients
- Patients with chronic cough (Correct answer)
- Post-surgical patients
- Pediatric asthma patients
Correct answer: Patients with chronic cough
The LCQ was developed specifically for adults with chronic cough to measure the health-related quality of life impact.
Question 5: What was the primary methodological approach used to develop the LCQ items?
- Expert consensus panel only
- Patient interviews and focus groups followed by psychometric testing (Correct answer)
- Adaptation from an existing respiratory questionnaire
- Systematic review of cough diaries
Correct answer: Patient interviews and focus groups followed by psychometric testing
LCQ items were generated through patient interviews and focus groups, then refined through psychometric testing to ensure content validity.
Question 6: The LCQ was designed to fill a gap in assessment because, at the time of its development, existing tools primarily focused on:
- Cough frequency only (Correct answer)
- Physiological measures of lung function
- Pediatric populations
- Acute infection outcomes
Correct answer: Cough frequency only
Prior to the LCQ, cough assessments focused mainly on objective cough frequency rather than patients' subjective quality of life impact.
LCQ LCQ Development and History 1
Who developed the Leicester Cough Questionnaire?