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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of COPD patients at baseline

From: Validation and clinical interpretation of the St George’s respiratory questionnaire for COPD (SGRQ-C) after adaptation to Malaysian language and culture, in patients with COPD

 

Outpatient (Stable Disease)n = 240

Age: mean Years (SD)

69.40 (6.87) kg/m2

BMI: mean (SD)

23.49 (4.35)

Ethnicity: % (n)

 Malay

24.5 (60)

 Chinese

44.2 (106)

 Tamil

29.2 (69)

 Others

2.08 (5)

Smoking Status: % (n)

 Current Smoker

11.6 (28)

 Ex-Smoker

77.9 (187)

 Non-Smoker

10.4 (25)

Post-bronchodilator Spirometry: Mean (SD)

 FEV1/FVC

51.72 (12.75)

 FEV1 (%)

55.27 (14.84)

Mean (95% CI) SGRQ-CM scores at different disease stage: GOLD Classification (% Predicted FEV1)

 l (> 80%)

41.89 (29.45–54.34)

 ll (50–79%)

45.26 (41.32–49.19)

 lll (30–49%)

53.52 (47.52–59.52)

 lV (<  30%)

64.30 (56.72–71.87)

Mean (95% CI)SGRQ-CM scores at different disease stage: mMRC Dyspnea grade

 Grade 0

29.24 (25.9–32.58)

 Grade 1

32.46 (29–35.91)

 Grade 2

47.90 (42.2–53.57)

 Grade 3

57.77 (53.3–62.16)

 Grade 4

66.36 (60.8–71.85)

Health status instrument Score: mean (SD)

 CAT

16.52 (6.85)

 EQ-5D-5 L UI

0.62 (0.23)

 EQ-VAS

59.24 (17.30)

 mMRC

2.31 (1.31)

SGRQ-CM Scores: mean (SD)

 Symptom

55.44 (19.98)

 Activity

58.43 (18.78)

 Impact

43 (20.71)

 Total Score

49.93 (18.61)

  1. BMI Body mass index in kg/m2, COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, CAT COPD assessment test, EQ-5D-5 L UI European Quality of life 5-Dimension 5-Level questionnaire Utility index score, EQ-VAS European Quality of life 5-Dimension 5-Level questionnaire Visual analogue score, FEV1 Forced expiratory volume in 1 s, FVC Forced vital capacity, GOLD Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, mMRC modified Medical Research Council dyspnea scale, SGRQ-CM St George’s Respiratory COPD specific Questionnaire Malaysian version, SD Standard deviation