Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Ερωτηματολόγιο Αναπνευστικού St. George	Κλίμακα Δυσχέρειας Αναπνοής MRC
Πεδίο	Πνευμονολογία	Πνευμονολογία
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1991	1959
Δημιουργός	Paul W. Jones, King's College London	Medical Research Council (UK)
Τύπος	Self-report questionnaire	Clinician or self-rated ordinal scale
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Jones, P. W., Quirk, F. H., & Baveystock, C. M. (1991). The St George's Respiratory Questionnaire. Respiratory Medicine, 85(Suppl B), 25-31.	Van Swieten, J. C., Koudstaal, P. J., Visser, M. C., Schouten, H. J., & van Gijn, J. (1988). Interobserver agreement for the assessment of handicap in stroke patients. Stroke, 19(5), 604-607.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	SGRQ, St George's	MRC, MRC Dyspnea, Modified Borg
Συναφείς	5	5
Σύνοψη	The SGRQ is a 76-item disease-specific quality-of-life instrument designed to measure health status in patients with chronic respiratory disease, particularly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Developed by Jones and colleagues at King's College London in 1991, it has become the gold standard for assessing functional impact and symptom burden in respiratory populations. The SGRQ is widely used in clinical trials, epidemiological studies, and routine respiratory care to track changes in patient-reported outcomes.	The MRC Dyspnoea Scale is a simple 5-grade ordinal classification of dyspnea severity based on the exertional threshold at which breathlessness limits activity. Developed by the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) in 1959, it remains one of the most widely used dyspnea assessments globally due to its brevity, ease of administration, and strong prognostic correlation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other chronic respiratory diseases. The scale is used in clinical practice, epidemiological surveys, and longitudinal disease monitoring to grade symptom severity and guide treatment intensity.