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. 2024 Jan 18;24:98. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-10550-x

Table 4.

Summary of Patient reported outcome measures (PROM) data before and after participation in the airway clearance service (ACS)

All completed participant questionnaires Participants who completed both Pre ACS and Post ACS questionnaires
Pre ACS Post ACS Difference Pre-post Number meeting or exceeding MCID
Outcome measure Domain scores N (%) Mean (SD) N (%) Mean (SD) N (%) Mean (SD) N (% of those who completed pre and post)

Leicester Cough Questionnaire (n = 1155)

(MCID 1.3 points higher)

Total score 775 (67) 14.6 (4.1) 280 (24) 16.4 (3.4) 273 (24) 1.7 (3.3) 137 (50)

COPD Assessment Tool (n = 344)

(MCID 2 points lower)

Total score 309 (90) 22.8 (7.4) 107 (35) 16.0 (7.8) 101 (33) 2.7 (7.1) 54 (53)

Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (n = 1155)

(MCID 5 points lower)

Total score 716 (62) 14.2 (12.0) 260 (23) 13.1 (11.3) 251 (22) 0.8 (9.4) 68 (27)

Quality of Life – Bronchiectasis (n = 579)

(MCID – see individual domain)

Physical (≥ 10.0 points)

378 (65)

49.8 (32.0)

161 (43)

55.8 (34.1)

132 (35)

-3.7 (18.3)

63 (48)

Role functioning

(≥ 8.0 points)

378 (65)

54.9 (12.8)

161 (43)

57.6 (12.6)

132 (35)

-1.6 (14.2)

52 (39)

Vitality

(≥ 10.0 points)

378 (65)

58.7 (13.9)

161 (43)

60.6 (11.6)

132 (35)

-0.1 (14.8)

40 (30)

Emotion

(≥ 7.0 points)

378 (65)

79.5 (21.3)

161 (43)

84.3 (18.3)

132 (35)

-3.2 (15.5)

51 (39)

Social

(≥ 9.0 points)

378 (65)

57.5 (26.1)

161 (43)

64.1 (23.0

132 (35)

-7.3 (22.8)

71 (54)

Treatment Burden

(≥ 9.0 points)

204a (35)

36.3 (14.9)

127b (22)

34.1 (12.8)

77 (13)

1.9 (20.8)

20 (15)

Health perception

(≥ 8.0 points)

378 (65)

49.8 (14.9)

161 (43)

45.5 (15.3)

132 (35)

1.2 (15.2)

53 (40)

Respiration

(≥ 8.0 points)

378 (65)

60.4 (19.2)

161 (43)

67.3 (15.0)

132 (35)

-5.0 (15.6)

81 (61)

Leicester Cough Questionnaire and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale provided to all participants; COPD Assessment Tool provided only to those with a referral diagnosis of COPD; Quality of Life – Bronchiectasis provided only to those with a referral diagnosis of bronchiectasis

MCID-Minimum clinically important difference

aMissing responses for treatment burden domain questions resulted in a reduced number scored (n = 204/378 [54%]) complete domain responses

bMissing responses for treatment burden domain questions resulted in a reduced number scored (n = 127/161, [79%]) complete domain responses