Chronic breathlessness associated with poorer physical and mental health-related quality of life (SF-12) across all adult age groups

Currow, D. C.; Johnson, M. J.; Dal Grande, E.; Ekström, M.; Ferreira, D.; McCaffrey, N.

Abstract

© 2017 Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. Little is known about the impact of chronic breathlessness (modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) score ≥2 for most days, at least three of the last six months) on health-related quality of life (Short Form-12 (SF-12)). 3005 adults from randomly selected households were interviewed face-to-face in South Australia. mMRC ≥2 community prevalence was 2.9%. Adjusted analyses showed clinically meaningful and statistically significant decrements of physical and mental components of SF-12 (mean SF-12 summary scores in physical (-13.0 (-16.0 to -10.2)) and mental (-10.7 (-13.7 to -7.8)) components compared with people with mMRC=0) as chronic breathlessness severity increased, across five age groupings.

Citation

Currow, D. C., Johnson, M. J., Dal Grande, E., Ekström, M., Ferreira, D., & McCaffrey, N. (2017). Chronic breathlessness associated with poorer physical and mental health-related quality of life (SF-12) across all adult age groups. Thorax, 72(12), 1151-1153. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209908

• Acceptance Date: Mar 2, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Mar 29, 2017
• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Mar 22, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 29, 2017
• Journal: Thorax
• Print ISSN: 0040-6376
• Electronic ISSN: 1468-3296
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 72
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 1151-1153
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209908
• Keywords: Chronic breathlessness; Health-related quality of life; Short form 12 (SF12); Population survey; Period prevalence
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/449862
• Publisher URL: http://thorax.bmj.com/content/early/2017/03/29/thoraxjnl-2016-209908
• Additional Information: Authors' accepted manuscript of article published in: Thorax, 2017