Table A2.
Self-Reported Pulmonary Symptoms in Cancer Survivors With or Without Restrictive Lung Disease
| Self-Reported Symptoms* | Restrictive Lung Disease (n = 29) |
No Restrictive Lung Disease (n = 92) |
P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | ||
| Are you troubled by shortness of breath when hurrying on ground level or walking up a slight hill? | 10 | 34.5 | 23 | 25.0 | .32 |
| Do you notice shortness of breath walking with other people of your own age on level ground? | 6 | 20.7 | 17 | 18.5 | .79 |
| Do you have to stop for breath when walking at your own pace on level ground? | 4 | 13.8 | 6 | 6.5 | .22 |
| Are you short of breath when washing or dressing? | 1 | 3.4 | 8 | 8.7 | .35 |
| Are you short of breath at rest? | 1 | 3.4 | 4 | 4.3 | .83 |
| Symptomatic† | 7 | 24.1 | 19 | 20.7 | .69 |
*
As assessed from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Dyspnea Questionnaire.
†
Defined as having responded “yes” to any two of the MRC Dyspnea Questionnaire items.