What is the Nijmegen Questionnaire used to screen for?

What is the Nijmegen Questionnaire used to screen for?

The Nijmegen questionnaire is used to screen patients with dysfunctional breathing such as hyperventilation syndrome. There are 16 items (related to symptoms of hyperventilation syndrome) to be answered on a 5-point scale ranging from ‘never’ (0) to ‘very often’ (4).

What is a positive Nijmegen score?

Nijmegen Questionnaire The Nijmegen Questionnaire (NQ) gives a broad view of symptoms associated with dysfunctional breathing patterns. A score of over 23 out of 64 suggests a positive diagnosis of hyperventilation syndrome.

What is the Nijmegen breathing test?

The Nijmegen Breathing Test is an easy and reliable method used in breathing clinics and research around the world to help people identify breathing dysfunctions. Why? Because breathing dysfunctions, such as the Hyperventilation Syndrome (HVS), are more common than you think and 1 in 10 people have HVS.

Does the Nijmegen Questionnaire predict hyperventilation syndrome?

In later studies, the correlation between Nijmegen Questionnaire scores and carbon dioxide tensions appeared highly variable. The diagnosis of hyperventilation syndrome (HVS) was questioned and slowly disappeared.

Do asthmatics have a higher Nijmegen Questionnaire score?

First, on average, asthmatics do not have to have elevated Nijmegen Questionnaire scores. Asthma per se is not sufficient to increase the score. Secondly, when breathing regulation is able to solve the problem that caused the high Nijmegen Questionnaire score, the score does indeed normalise to around 12.

What is DBDB Nijmegen?

DB is defined as chronic or recurrent changes in breathing pattern resulting in respiratory and non-respiratory symptoms in the absence of, or alongside respiratory disease (10). DB is usually diagnosed with the Nijmegen Questionnaire (NQ) (11), although originally not developed for this purpose (12).