TABLE 1.
Content validity | Psychometric properties | Items | Recall period | Response scale | SoB on exertion | Cough | Fatigue | Physical functioning | ADL | Emotional wellbeing | |
K-BILD [ 17, 18 ] | Input from patients with ILD (including IPF) | Cross-sectional and longitudinal measurement properties established in patients with IPF | 15 | 2 weeks | 7-point Likert scale | F: 3 items | INF: 1 item | INF: 1 item | |||
SGRQ-I [ 18, 19 ] | Target: IPF Rasch analysis using HRQoL data from RCT |
Cross-sectional and/or without longitudinal measurement properties established in patients with IPF | 34 | Current/3 months/6 months/12 months | 3–5-point Likert scale | S: 1 item; INC: 4 items | S: 2 items; INC: 1 item | INC: 1 item | S: 8 items; INC: 1 item; INF: 2 items | INC: 5 items; INF: 3 items |
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L-IPF [ 20 ] | Input from patients with IPF | Cross-sectional measurement properties established patients with IPF | 35 | 24 h (symptoms) 1 week (impacts) |
0–4 NRS format | S: 7 items; INC: 1 item; INF: 3 items |
F: 3 items; S: 2 items; INF: 1 item |
S: 3 items; INF: 1 item | S: 6 items; INF: 1 item |
S: 5 items; INF: 2 items |
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L-PF [16] | Input from patients with PF-ILD | Not available | 44 | 24 h (symptoms) 1 week (impacts) |
0–4 NRS format | S: 12 items; F: 1 item; INF: 3 items; INC: 1 item |
F: 5 items; S: 2 items; INC: 1 item |
S: 3 items; INF: 1 item |
S: 8 items INF: 1 item |
S: 7 items; INF: 3 items |
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CASA-Q [ 21, 22 ] | Input from patients with chronic bronchitis | Cross-sectional and longitudinal measurement properties established in patients with COPD and chronic bronchitis | 20 | 1 week | 5-point Likert scale | F: 2 items | S: 1 item; F: 2 items |
F: 1 item | INF: 2 items | INF: 4 items | |
LCQ [ 23 ] | Input from patients with chronic cough | Cross-sectional and longitudinal measurement properties established in patients with chronic cough or COPD | 19 | 2 weeks | 7-point Likert scale |
S: 1 item; F: 1 item | F: 2 items | INF: 2 items | |||
E-RS (COPD+IPF) [ 24, 25 ] | Input from patients with COPD | Cross-sectional and longitudinal measurement properties established in patients with COPD | 11 | 24 h | 5-point Likert scale |
S: 5 items | F: 1 item | S: 1 item | INF: 1 item | INF: 2 items | |
Input from patients with IPF | Cross-sectional and longitudinal measurement properties established in patients with IPF | ||||||||||
FACIT-Dyspnoea [ 26 ] | Input from patients with dyspnoea | Cross-sectional measurement properties established in patients with dyspnoea | Item bank: 33; short form: 10 | 1 week | 4-point Likert scale | S: 34 items | INF: 12 items | INF: 18 items | |||
FACIT-Fatigue [ 27 ] | Input from patients with anaemic cancer | Cross-sectional measurement properties established in a mixed cancer patient population | 40 | 1 week | 5-point Likert scale | S: 7 items INF: 1 item |
INF: 3 items S: 2 items |
INF: 1 item |
SoB: shortness of breath; ADL: activity of daily living; K-BILD: King’s Brief Interstitial Lung Disease; SGRQ-I: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)-specific version of St George's Respiratory Questionnaire; L-IPF: Living with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; L-PF: Living with Pulmonary Fibrosis; CASA-Q: Cough and Sputum Assessment Questionnaire; LCQ: Leicester Cough Questionnaire; E-RS: Evaluating Respiratory Symptoms; FACIT: Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy; ILD: interstitial lung disease; F: frequency; INF: interference; HRQoL: health-related quality of life; RCT: randomised controlled trial; PF-ILD: progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease; S: severity; INC: incidence; NRS: numeric rating scale.