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

• Published in: Health and quality of life outcomes Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 124
• Main Authors: Swigris, Jeffrey J, Esser, Dirk, Conoscenti, Craig S, Brown, Kevin K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 20.08.2014; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Analysis; Care and treatment; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Clinical trials; Diagnosis; Drug therapy; Health Status Indicators; Humans; Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Patient Outcome Assessment; Patient outcomes; Pharmaceutical industry; Psychometrics; Pulmonary fibrosis; Quality of Life; Reproducibility of Results; Review; Risk factors; Surveys; Surveys and Questionnaires; Bermuda

Assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQL) is particularly important in patients with progressive and incurable diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) has frequently been used to measure HRQL in patients with IPF, but it w...