RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Chronic breathlessness associated with poorer physical and mental health-related quality of life (SF-12) across all adult age groups
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 1151
OP 1153
DO 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209908
VO 72
IS 12
A1 Currow, D C
A1 Dal Grande, E
A1 Ferreira, D
A1 Johnson, M J
A1 McCaffrey, N
A1 Ekström, M
YR 2017
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/72/12/1151.abstract
AB Little is known about the impact of chronic breathlessness (modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) score ≥2 for most days, at least three of the last six months) on health-related quality of life (Short Form-12 (SF-12)). 3005 adults from randomly selected households were interviewed face-to-face in South Australia. mMRC ≥2 community prevalence was 2.9%. Adjusted analyses showed clinically meaningful and statistically significant decrements of physical and mental components of SF-12 (mean SF-12 summary scores in physical (−13.0 (−16.0 to −10.2)) and mental (−10.7 (−13.7 to −7.8)) components compared with people with mMRC=0) as chronic breathlessness severity increased, across five age groupings.