Table 2

Correlations between the original SGRQ or SGRQ-I scores and other outcome measures

SymptomsActivityImpactsTotal
SGRQSGRQ-ISGRQSGRQ-ISGRQSGRQ-ISGRQSGRQ-I
FVC%−0.27*−0.25−0.31−0.30−0.30−0.31−0.34−0.33
Tlco%−0.23*−0.25−0.34−0.33−0.38−0.36−0.38−0.37
6MWD−0.14−0.12−0.32−0.30−0.24*−0.26−0.28*−0.28*
Borg0.350.330.450.47 *0.400.400.450.46
BDI−0.39−0.42−0.72−0.68−0.61−0.61−0.68−0.67
SF-36
PF−0.43−0.44−0.80−0.79−0.64−0.66−0.73−0.74
RP−0.40−0.38−0.58−0.59−0.58−0.55−0.62−0.60
BP−0.44−0.38−0.46−0.46−0.51−0.51−0.53−0.53
GH−0.47−0.44−0.60−0.59−0.64−0.62−0.67−0.65
VT−0.46−0.41−0.61−0.59−0.61−0.60−0.64−0.63
SF−0.37−0.38−0.58−0.56−0.62−0.62−0.62−0.63
RE−0.25−0.26−0.43−0.44−0.57−0.55−0.52−0.53
MH−0.27*−0.24−0.32−0.33−0.45−0.46−0.42−0.43
PCS−0.52−0.49−0.74−0.73−0.63−0.62−0.71−0.71
MCS−0.25*−0.24*−0.38−0.38−0.55−0.55−0.49−0.50
  • * p<0.01.

  • p<0.0001.

  • BDI, baseline dyspnoea index; Borg, Borg dyspnoea index; BP, Bodily Pain; FVC%, percentage predicted forced vital capacity; GH, General Health; MCS, Mental Component Summary; MH, Mental Health; 6MWD, distance walked during the six-minute walk test; PCS, Physical Component Summary; PF, Physical Functioning; RE, Role Emotional; RP, Role Physical; SF, Social Functioning; SF-36, Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36-Item Instrument; SGRQ, St George's Respiratory Questionnaire; SGRQ-I, IPF-specific version of St George's Respiratory Questionnaire; Tlco%, percentage predicted transfer factor of the lung for carbon monoxide; VT, Vitality.