The Chronic Airways Assessment Test (CAAT™): Evolution From the COPD Assessment Test (CAT™)

Affiliations

¹ Global Allergy and Airways Patient Platform, Vienna, Austria.
² Division of Respiratory Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom.
³ Institute for Infection and Immunity, City St Georges, University of London, London, United Kingdom.
⁴ Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Macquarie University; Macquarie Medical School, Macquarie University; and The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
⁵ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Marburg, German Center for Lung Research, Marburg, Germany.
⁷ School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of Chin.
⁸ COPD Foundation, Miami, Florida, United States.

Ruth Tal-Singer et al. Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2025.

. 2025 May 27;12(3):203-206.

doi: 10.15326/jcopdf.2025.0614.

¹ Global Allergy and Airways Patient Platform, Vienna, Austria.
² Division of Respiratory Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom.
³ Institute for Infection and Immunity, City St Georges, University of London, London, United Kingdom.
⁴ Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Macquarie University; Macquarie Medical School, Macquarie University; and The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
⁵ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Marburg, German Center for Lung Research, Marburg, Germany.
⁷ School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of Chin.
⁸ COPD Foundation, Miami, Florida, United States.

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Keywords: COPD; assessment; chronic airways; test.

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