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Table 4 Baseline scores on HRQoL questionnaires of patients with and without ED visits or hospitalizations due to COPD in the first and the second year of follow-up

From: Utility of brief questionnaires of health-related quality of life (Airways Questionnaire 20 and Clinical COPD Questionnaire) to predict exacerbations in patients with asthma and COPD

HRQoL questionnaires

1st year

2nd year

ED visits

Hospitalizations

ED visits

Hospitalizations

No

≥1

No

≥1

No

≥1

No

≥1

n = 79

n = 21

n = 87

n = 13

n = 79

n = 21

n = 81

n = 19

AQ20

7.0 ± 4.1

8.4 ± 4.1

7.3 ± 4.3

7.4 ± 2.8

7.4 ± 4.3

6.9 ± 3.3

7.3 ± 4.4

7.0 ± 3.0

CCQ

        

Total

1.5 ± 0.9

2.1 ± 1.2*

1.5 ± 1.0

2.2 ± 1.0*

1.6 ± 1.0

1.7 ± 1.0

1.5 ± 1.0

1.8 ± 1.0

Symptoms

1.8 ± 1.2

2.4 ± 1.4

1.9 ± 1.2

2.4 ± 1.2

2.0 ± 1.3

2.0 ± 1.2

1.9 ± 1.1

2.0 ± 1.2

Functional

1.2 ± 1.1

1.7 ± 1.3

1.2 ± 1.1

2.0 ± 1.1*

1.2 ± 1.1

1.5 ± 1.3

1.4 ± 1.3

1.8 ± 1.3

Mental

1.3 ± 1.4

2.2 ± 1.5*

1.4 ± 1.4

2.1 ± 1.5

1.4 ± 1.4

1.6 ± 1.8

1.6 ± 1.6

1.9 ± 1.4

SGRQ scores

        

Total

36.7 ± 18.4

42.6 ± 16.8

36.5 ± 18.0

47.7 ± 16.1*

37.6 ± 18.5

39.3 ± 17.0

36.8 ± 18.4

42.8 ± 16.4

Symptoms

38.8 ± 18.4

41.6 ± 20.9

38.2 ± 18.2

47.5 ± 21.8

38.7 ± 18.1

42.0 ± 21.9

38.8 ± 18.2

42.1 ± 21.8

Activity

50.7 ± 23.5

56.9 ± 19.4

50.1 ± 23.0

64.8 ± 16.2*

51.2 ± 23.3

54.9 ± 20.7

49.8 ± 23.1

61.1 ± 19.0

Impact

28.1 ± 19.9

34.7 ± 18.6

28.2 ± 19.9

38.1 ± 16.4*

29.5 ± 20.3

29.5 ± 17.6

28.8 ± 20.5

32.6 ± 16.3

CRQ scores

        

Total

98.3 ± 16.2

87.0 ± 23.2

97.1 ± 18.3

87.6 ± 18.8

96.9 ± 18.0

91.7 ± 20.2

96.2 ± 18.8

93.7 ± 17.8

Dyspnea

19.1 ± 4.7

17.8 ± 5.1

18.8 ± 4.9

18.5 ± 4.1

18.9 ± 5.0

18.5 ± 4.3

18.7 ± 5.0

19.0 ± 4.2

Fatigue

19.5 ± 4.5

17.2 ± 5.9

19.4 ± 4.8

16.5 ± 5.2

19.3 ± 4.7

17.8 ± 5.6

19.2 ± 4.8

17.8 ± 5.6

Emotional Function

37.4 ± 7.4

32.2 ± 11.6

36.6 ± 8.6

34.0 ± 9.9

36.5 ± 8.5

35.2 ± 9.8

36.2 ± 8.9

36.4 ± 8.5

Mastery

22.6 ± 5.0

19.8 ± 7.2

22.5 ± 5.4

18.5 ± 6.0*

22.4 ± 5.2

20.2 ± 6.8

22.3 ± 5.5

20.4 ± 6.3

  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (X ± SD).
  2. AQ20 Airways Questionnaire 20, CCQ Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ), SGRQ St George´s Respiratory Questionnaire, CRQ: Chronic Respiratory Disease Questionnaire.
  3. P values: comparison between groups were tested using t test Mann–Whitney U (non-parametric data).
  4. *p < .05; †p < .01; Ŧp < .001.
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