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Table 3 Clinical characteristics and HRQoL measures for 181 patients (123 males and 58 females)

From: A short questionnaire for the assessment of quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: psychometric properties of VQ11

 

Mean

SD

Min

Max

Sociodemographic and overall characteristics

Age (yrs)

61.4

9.8

37

85

BMI (kg/m2)

25.7

5.4

13.1

39.7

BODE score

3.5

2.4

0

10

Dyspnea MMRC

1.4

1.3

0

3

Smoking history

Pack-years (smokers)

33.5

32.3

0.1

135.0

Pack-years (ex-smokers)

45.5

28.9

0.8

157.5

Spirometry

Pre-BD FEV1 (ml)

1395

645

460

4090

FEV1 (% pred)

49.0

20.5

15

112

FEV1/FVC (%)

47.7

12.4

25

69

Exercise tolerance

Dyspnea 6MWD end

6.0

2.1

2

10

6MWT distance (m)

470.9

122.1

90

812

6MWT distance (% pred)

70.9

17.3

14

121

HRQoL Measures

SGRQ-C Symptoms score

54.3

18.9

6.8

97.3

SGRQ-C Activity score

55.3

22.7

7.3

100.0

SGRQ-C Impact score

34.2

18.7

4.2

89.1

SGRQ-C Total score

46.3

18.5

9.7

97.7

VQ11 Functional (3–15)

8.8

2.8

3

15

VQ11 Psychological (4–20)

10.2

3.2

4

18

VQ11 Social (4–20)

9.0

3.8

4

19

VQ11 Total score (11–55)

27.9

8.8

11

49

SF-36 Physical functioning

56.3

22.8

0

100

SF-36 Role physical

40.1

35.0

0

100

SF-36 Role emotional

55.7

40.2

0

100

SF-36 Energy/vitality

46.9

18.6

0

100

SF-36 Mental Health

64.0

15.3

20

100

SF-36 Social functioning

74.4

23.4

0

100

SF-36 Bodily pain

70.2

26.7

0

100

SF-36 General health perceptions

36.2

19.9

0

95

SF-36 Physical Component Scale

50.5

22.1

8.5

96.3

SF-36 Mental Component Scale

60.3

19.0

16.0

93.5

Other Measures

HADS Anxiety score (0–21)

8.2

3.8

0

19

HADS Depression score (0–21)

6.0

3.4

0

17

HADS Total score (0–42)

14.2

6.3

1

33

Physical self-worth (1–6)

2.8

1.1

1.0

5.6