QoL in Ventilated Patients

Medical Outcome Study Questionnaire Short Form 36-item (SFse) 

The SF36 (8) has eight component scores labeled physical function, physical role limitation, bodily pain, general health, vitality, social function, emotional role limitation, mental health, plus a single item on the reported health transition over the last year. Each dimension is scored separately and then transformed to a 0 to 100 scale, with lower scores indicating poorer health. The physical and mental component categories are collapsed to produce two summary scores, the physical component score (PCS) and the mental component score (MCS). The questionnaire takes 5 to 10 minutes to complete and is self-administered. 

General Physical Physical Emotbnal Social Mental 

These studies demonstrate that although the SF36 is used and is broadly applicable to patients on ventilation, many dimensions of the SF36 are too insensitive to differentiate between patients on mechanical ventilation and other conditions. 

To increase the level of sensitivity to an impairment in health status, disease-specific questionnaires have been developed. The Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire (CRQ) (12) 

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