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Table 8 Responsiveness of the LPH

From: Development and validation of the living with pulmonary hypertension questionnaire in pulmonary arterial hypertension patients

Responsiveness criteria

Value

LPH emotional score

LPH physical score

LPH total score

Improved

Stable

Worsened

p-value

Improved

Stable

Worsened

p-value

Improved

Stable

Worsened

p-value

WHO Functional Class

N

37

123

10

p=0.9791

38

123

10

p=0.0976

37

123

10

p=0.5096

Mean Change

-1.5

-1.6

-1.3

-4.2

-2.3

1.6

-6.3

-6.1

1.0

Effect Size

-0.20

-0.22

-0.14

-0.54

-0.23

-0.19

-0.32

-0.27

0.04

Six Minute Walking test

N

51

110

10

p=0.7050

51

110

10

p=0.1446

51

110

10

p=0.6578

Mean Change

-1.7

-1.6

0.1

-3.3

-2.3

0.6

-6.7

-5.3

-3.4

Effect Size

-0.22

-0.21

0.01

-0.35

-0.25

0.07

-0.29

-0.24

-0.16

Borg score

N

36

121

13

p=0.2237

36

121

13

p=0.0073

36

121

13

p=0.0415

Mean Change

-1.7

-1.6

0.5

-5.3

-1.9

0.2

-9.9

-4.9

0.3

Effect Size

-0.26

-0.21

0.06

-0.61

-0.20

0.02

-0.46

-0.23

0.01

  1. Note: For the Mean Change a negative figure denotes improvement in score.