Application of St George's respiratory questionaire in evaluating the life quality of community patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- VernacularTitle:应用圣乔治呼吸问卷评价社区慢性阻塞性肺疾病患者生活质量的研究
- Author:
Yue-Zhong TANG
;
Lin WANG
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
St george's respiratory questionnaire;
Validity;
Sensitivity;
Lung diseases,obstructive
- From:
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy
2006;0(08):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the value of St George's respiratory questionaire(SGRQ)in evaluating the life quality of community patients with COPD.Methods The SGRQ score,PEF% were collected from 35 patient with COPD.Paired t test was performed to evaluate the sensitivity of SGRQ to changes of disease severity.Correla- tion coefficients were calculated to evaluate the validity.Results Three parts of the SGRQ score and the total score were significantly correlated with the changes of SGRQ(P＜0.001),SGRQ was more sensitive than PEF in evalu- ating the changes of disease severity.The three part of the scale and the total scale were significantly correlated with PEF%.Conclusion SGRQ is a valid,sensitive and feasible method in measuring the quality of life in community patients with COPD.
