Assessing health-related quality of life in patients with interstitial lung diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The R-Scale-PF was proposed to evaluate the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). We generated a German version of the R-Scale-PF (GR-Scale), representing the first translation of the questionnaire into another language and assessed HRQoL longitudinally in various interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) using the R-Scale-PF scoring system at a specialized ILD centre.

Methods

We have translated the questionnaire in accordance with the WHO translation guidelines and applied it to 80 ILD patients of our department, with follow-ups after 3-6 months, assessing its internal consistency, floor and ceiling effects, concurrent validity, known-groups validity, and its responsiveness to changes over time.

Results

At bas

SUBMITTER: Stoltefuß S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11401309 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature