Table 4.
Health-related quality of life in IPF.
| Age group <75 years n = 659 | Age group ≥75 years n = 350 | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall assessment of current health state, n (%) | 0.067 | |||
| Very good | 6 (1.2) | 1 (0.4) | ||
| Good | 144 (28.5) | 48 (19.7) | ||
| Medium | 257 (50.8) | 135 (55.3) | ||
| Poor | 89 (17.6) | 55 (22.5) | ||
| Very poor | 10 (2.0) | 5 (2.1) | ||
| EQ-5D, mean (sd) | ||||
| VAS 0–100 | 61.6 (19.8) | 56.9 (19.4) | 0.002 | |
| Score | 0.69 (0.21) | 0.64 (0.21) | 0.005 | |
| WHO-5, mean (sd) | 14.3 (6.0) | 13.1 (5.9) | 0.015 | |
| WHO-5 score <13 | 209 (43.0%) | 130 (54.9%) | 0.003 | |
| SGRQ, mean (sd) | ||||
| SGRQ | 47.2 (20.8) | 49.4 (20.1) | 0.172 | |
| SGRQ symptoms | 56.8 (20.9) | 57.5 (21.8) | 0.665 | |
| SGRQ activity | 60.7 (24.7) | 64.3 (22.9) | 0.062 | |
| SGRQ impacts | 37.2 (22.2) | 37.4 (20.7) | 0.897 | |
| UCSD Shortness of breath, mean (sd) | 45.5 (31.2) | 52.6 (31.2) | 0.030 | |
Data are presented as mean ± SD, or n (%).
EQ-5D, EuroQol five-dimensional questionnaire; WHO-5, World Health Organization-5 Well-Being Index; SGRQ, St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire; USCD-SOBQ, University of California San Diego Shortness of Breath Questionnaire.