Chronic breathlessness associated with poorer physical and mental health-related quality of life (SF-12) across all adult age groups
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London, England.Language
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1468-3296 Currow, D C Dal Grande, E Ferreira, D Johnson, M J McCaffrey, N Ekstrom, M Letter England Thorax. 2017 Mar 29. pii: thoraxjnl-2016-209908. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209908.
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.Publication classification
E3.1 Extract of paperCopyright notice
2017, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Thoracic SocietyVolume
72Pagination
1151-1153Start date
2017-12-06End date
2017-12-08ISSN
0040-6376eISSN
1468-3296Title of proceedings
Thorax: BTS Winter Meeting: Conference EditionEvent
British Thoracic Society. Winter Meeting (2017 : London, England)Issue
12Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group LtdPlace of publication
London, Eng.
