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Table 2 Correlation coefficients between SGRQ scores and other patient-reported assessments of health status

From: The psychometric properties of the St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a literature review

 

Measure

Scale

Correlation with SGRQ symptoms domain score

Correlation with SGRQ activity domain score

Correlation with SGRQ impact domain score

Correlation with SGRQ total score

Cross-sectional studies

Chang et al., 1999 [15]

Borg Dyspnea Index

    

0.56

Lechtzin et al., 2013 [21]

CQLQ

Total

0.72*

0.72

0.81

0.79

Physical complaints

0.50*

0.72

0.71

0.77

Psychological issues

0.29

0.40

0.62

0.54*

Functional ability

0.53*

0.54*

0.66

0.66

Emotional well-being

0.19

0.42

0.57

0.50*

Extreme physical complaints

0.38

0.34

0.63

0.54*

Personal safety fears

0.05

0.23

0.45*

0.34

Nishiyama et al., 2005 [24]

BDI

 

−0.55

−0.77§

−0.53

−0.69§

Patel et al., 2012 [27]

K-BILD

Total

−0.67

−0.79

−0.87

−0.89

Psychological

−0.60

−0.67

−0.80

−0.79

Breathlessness

−0.59

−0.84

−0.80

−0.86

Chest

−0.65

−0.64

−0.79

−0.78

Peng et al., 2008 [28]

Dyspnea score

 

NS

0.58§

0.30

0.38

Swigris et al., 2012 [35]

UCSD-SOBQ

  

0.80§

  

Yorke et al., 20101[10]

BDI

 

−0.39§

−0.72§

−0.61§

−0.68§

SF-36 PCS

 

−0.52§

−0.74§

−0.63§

−0.71§

Borg Dyspnea Index

 

0.35§

0.45§

0.40§

0.45§

Yorke et al., 2011 [39]

D-12

 

0.57

0.78

0.75

0.79

Zimmermann et al., 2007 [40]

BDI

 

−0.62*

−0.75*

−0.63*

−0.72*

Longitudinal studies

Nishiyama et al., 2008 [25]

Δ BDI

    

−0.29

Peng et al., 2008 [28]

Δ Dyspnea score

 

NS

0.59

0.56

0.45

  1. BDI = Baseline Dyspnea Index; CQLQ = Cough Quality of Life Questionnaire; D-12 = Dyspnea-12; K-BILD = King’s Brief Interstitial Lung Disease questionnaire; SF-36 PCS = SF-36 Physical Component Summary; UCSD-SOBQ = University of California San Diego Shortness of Breath Questionnaire; Δ = change.
  2. *p < 0.05; p < 0.01; p < 0.001; §p < 0.0001; NS = non-significant. 1Data reported refer to the original version of the SGRQ, not the SGRQ-I.