Analysis of Optimal Health-Related Quality of Life Measures in Patients Waitlisted for Lung Transplantation

Table 7

Comparison of baseline and 1-year HRQL scores between IP and non-IP patients.

		Baseline	1 year	%change	value
SGRQ total	IP	60.6 ± 14.6	64.6 ± 17.6	6.6	0.07
	Non-IP	64.1 ± 15.9	65.5 ± 16.5	2.2	0.23
MRF-26 total	IP	40.8 ± 22.4	51.7 ± 26.1	26.7	<0.001
	Non-IP	48.4 ± 25.3	52.4 ± 26.1	8.3	0.009
SRI summary	IP	59.3 ± 15.5	54.0 ± 18.1	8.9	0.004
	Non-IP	51.4 ± 17.5	49.6 ± 17.9	3.5	0.06

Data are shown as mean ± SD. HRQL: health-related quality of life; IP: interstitial pneumonia; SGRQ: St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire; MRF, Maugeri Respiratory Failure Questionnaire; SRI: Severe Respiratory Insufficiency Questionnaire.