TABLE 3.

Tools to evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for specific chronic respiratory diseases

Questionnaire	Respiratory disease	Items n	Domains	Administration time	Mode of administration	Score
Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT-TB)	TB	47	Physical wellbeing Psychological wellbeing Function wellbeing Social wellbeing Spiritual wellbeing Environment Perception	Mean±sd 16.3±3.1 min	Self-administered	0–180; higher scores indicate better HRQoL
Pulmonary Tuberculosis Scale of the System of Quality of Life Instruments for Chronic Diseases (QLICD-PT)	Tuberculosis	40	Physical domain Psychological domain Social domain TB-specific domain	∼10 min	Self-administered	0–100
St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ)	Asthma and COPD	76	Symptoms Activity Impacts	15/20 min	Self-administered	0–100; higher scores indicate worse HRQoL
Maugeri Respiratory Failure Questionnaire (MRF-28)	Chronic respiratory failure	28	Daily activities Cognition Invalidity, and additional items related to fatigue, depression and problems with treatment	Mean±sd 15±6 min	Self-administered	0–100; higher scores indicate worse HRQoL
Chronic Respiratory Disease Questionnaire (CRQ)	Chronic respiratory disease	20	Dyspnoea Fatigue Emotional function Mastery of disease	15–25 min	Interviewer-administered	Numerical, 7-point modified Likert Scale Higher scores indicate better HRQoL
Quality of Life-Bronchiectasis (QOL-B)	Non-CF bronchiectasis	37	Physical functioning Role functioning Vitality Emotional functioning Social functioning Health perceptions Treatment burden	4–5 min	Self-administered	0–100; higher scores indicate better HRQoL
Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ)	Asthma	32	Symptoms Activity limitation Emotional function Environmental exposure	4–5 min	Self-administered	1–7; higher scores indicate better HRQoL

TB: tuberculosis; CF: cystic fibrosis.