Personality profiles and pulmonary function of children with sighing dyspnoea

Aim:  This study compared the personality profiles of children with sighing dyspnoea with healthy children and tested the hypothesis of heightened anxiety scores in sighing dyspnoeic subjects using the Childhood Behavior Check List for Ages 4 to 18 (CBCL/4–18). The pulmonary function tests of these two groups of children were also compared.

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