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Compare the performance of a generic health survey (Short Form 36) against a disease-specific questionnaire (St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire) in evaluating health-related quality of life in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

January 1, 2022Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and TuberculosisOpen Access

Comparison of two questionnaires measuring the health-related quality of life in patients with idiopathic interstitial pulmonary fibrosis

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AAAmal Abdel‐AzizUniversity of Sadat City NANourane Y. AzabEgyptian Society of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis RWRabab A. El WahshMenoufia University

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Comparative study demonstrates stronger clinical correlations for disease-specific questionnaires in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, indicating superior assessment accuracy over general tools.

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Compare the performance of a generic health survey (Short Form 36) against a disease-specific questionnaire (St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire) in evaluating health-related quality of life in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Assessed health-related quality of life in 30 previously diagnosed idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients using both the Short Form 36 and the St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire.
Evaluated physiological impairment through pulmonary function testing and functional exercise capacity via the 6-minute walking distance test.
Quantified dyspnea severity at rest using the baseline dyspnea index and post-exercise using the modified Borg scale.
Pulmonary function tests demonstrated a restrictive ventilatory pattern accompanied by marked declines in 6-minute walking distance and elevated resting and exertional dyspnea scores.
All domains of the St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire exhibited strong, consistent correlations with all evaluated functional status parameters, whereas the Short Form 36 correlated with only select functional measures.
Both the 6-minute walking distance test and baseline dyspnea index demonstrated strong correlations with overall health-related quality of life metrics.

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Abdel‐Aziz et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a71b7dfa2d7cf2e39c2d8ae https://doi.org/10.4103/ejcdt.ejcdt_23_17

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Implication

Comparative study demonstrates stronger clinical correlations for disease-specific questionnaires in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, indicating superior assessment accuracy over general tools.