Table 4.
Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients (r) of exacerbation frequency and exacerbation-free weeks with disease-specific HRQoL at 12-month follow-up (primary care cohort only, n = 96)
| Exacerbation frequency | Exacerbation-free weeks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean score (SD) | r | p | r | p | |
| CRQ total | 5.3 (0.80) | −0.052 | 0.614 | 0.216 | 0.034 |
| CRQ emotions | 5.4 (0.97) | −0.028 | 0.784 | 0.166 | 0.105 |
| CRQ mastery | 5.0 (0.66) | −0.035 | 0.738 | 0.217 | 0.034 |
| CRQ fatigue | 5.0 (1.17) | −0.069 | 0.506 | 0.232 | 0.023 |
| CRQ dyspnoea | 5.8 (1.15) | −0.079 | 0.446 | 0.185 | 0.071 |
CRQ Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire, HRQoL health-related quality of life
Bold values are p-values below 0.05