The first cue-based task to explore recall of dyspnoea and dyspnoea-related anxiety in COPD.
Patients’ dyspnoea and dyspnoea-anxiety ratings agreed with established measures of dyspnoea.
Patients’ dyspnea-anxiety ratings changed in accordance with clinical improvement.
The task was reliable and well tolerated.
The task is suitable for FMRI use and may aid dyspnoea neuroimaging research.