Relationship Between Dyspnoea Scales and Quality of Life in Stroke Survivors: A Retrospective Analysis
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Participants
2.3. Outcome Measures
2.3.1. Demographic Characteristics
2.3.2. Rating of Dyspnoea
2.3.3. Strength of Respiratory Muscle
2.3.4. Quality of Life
2.4. Data Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Relationship Between Age and Respiratory Muscle Strength with Dyspnoea Scales
3.2. The Correlation Between Dyspnoea Scales and Quality of Life
3.3. The Correlations Among Four Dyspnoea Scales
3.4. Multiple Regression Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
ADL | Daily living activities |
BDI | Baseline Dyspnoea Index |
mMRC | Medical Research Council Dyspnoea scale |
OCD | Oxygen Cost Diagram |
SIS | Stroke Impact Scale |
VAS | Visual Analogue Scale |
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Total (n = 203) Mean ± SD or N | Ischemic (n = 154) Mean ± SD or N | Haemorrhagic (n = 49) Mean ± SD or N | p-Value | ||
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Demographic characteristics | Sex-Female/Male | 119/84 | 93/61 | 26/23 | 0.867 a |
Age (year) | 56.51 ± 11.78 | 56.8 ± 11.9 | 55.7 ± 11.5 | 0.945 b | |
Height (cm) | 166.81 ± 8.19 | 167.0 ± 8.1 | 166.3 ± 8.3 | 0.876 b | |
Weight (kg) | 76.05 ± 13.21 | 74.2 ± 13.3 | 77.8 ± 12.9 | 0.945 b | |
BMI (kg/cm2) | 27.27 ± 4.48 | 27.3 ± 4.5 | 26.2 ± 4.4 | 0.982 b | |
Time since stroke (day) | 388.39 ± 731.96 | 390.2 ± 720.1 | 384.5 ± 750.3 | 0.734 b | |
Respiratory muscle strength | MIP, cmH2O | 45.83 ± 23.43 | 44.0 ± 23.5 | 47.2 ± 23.2 | 0.888 b |
Quality of life | SIS-Strength | 59.96 ± 25.66 | 58.1 ± 25.7 | 62.4 ± 25.5 | 0.897 b |
SIS-Memory and thinking | 81.74 ± 22.07 | 77.0 ± 22.1 | 85.8 ± 22.0 | 0.739 b | |
SIS-Emotions | 63.55 ± 13.71 | 60.7 ± 13.8 | 66.2 ± 13.6 | 0.976 b | |
SIS-Communication | 85.25 ± 23.21 | 82.4 ± 23.3 | 88.9 ± 23.0 | 0.981 b | |
SIS-ADL | 53.72 ± 21.11 | 54.0 ± 21.2 | 53.1 ± 21.0 | 0.911 b | |
SIS-Mobility | 62.43 ± 27.76 | 64.6 ± 27.8 | 58.9 ± 27.5 | 0.671 b | |
SIS-Hand function | 38.21 ± 21.78 | 40.4 ± 21.8 | 36.7 ± 21.6 | 0.564 b | |
SIS-Participation/role function | 49.94 ± 25.13 | 49.2 ± 25.2 | 52.3 ± 25.0 | 0.760 b | |
SIS-Stroke Recovery | 45.99 ± 20.44 | 43.1 ± 20.5 | 48.6 ± 20.3 | 0.456 b | |
SIS-Total | 60.09 ± 14.48 | 57.3 ± 14.5 | 62.7 ± 14.4 | 0.345 b | |
Rating of dyspnoea | OCD | 4.35 ± 2.85 | 4.6 ± 2.8 | 4.0 ± 2.9 | 0.855 b |
mMRC | 0.58 ± 0.97 | 0.5 ± 1.0 | 0.7 ± 0.9 | 0.733 b | |
VAS | 0.99 ± 1.71 | 1.0 ± 1.7 | 0.9 ± 1.7 | 0.921 b | |
BDI | 9.50 ± 2.96 | 8.6 ± 3.0 | 10.3 ± 2.9 | 0.645 b |
OCD | mMRC | VAS | BDI | |||||
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r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p | |
Age | −0.153 | 0.056 | 0.170 | 0.032 * | 0.191 | 0.016 * | −0.269 | <0.001 * |
MIP, cmH2O | 0.291 | <0.001 * | −0.090 | 0.259 | −0.157 | 0.552 | 0.195 | 0.014 * |
SIS-Strength | 0.195 | 0.028 * | −0.073 | 0.415 | −0.110 | 0.218 | 0.279 | 0.002 * |
SIS-Memory/thinking | 0.155 | 0.083 * | −0.209 | 0.019 * | −0.198 | 0.026 * | 0.195 | 0.029 * |
SIS-Emotions | 0.018 | 0.846 | −0.089 | 0.320 | −0.140 | 0.118 | 0.074 | 0.408 |
SIS-Communication | 0.105 | 0.242 | −0.092 | 0.303 | −0.067 | 0.457 | 0.222 | 0.013 * |
SIS-ADL | 0.397 | <0.001 * | −0.100 | 0.266 | −0.123 | 0.169 | 0.205 | 0.021 * |
SIS-Mobility | 0.319 | <0.001 * | −0.082 | 0.363 | −0.107 | 0.233 | 0.101 | 0.261 |
SIS-Hand function | 0.267 | 0.003 * | −0.157 | 0.079 | −0.178 | 0.046 * | 0.203 | 0.023 * |
SIS-Participation/role function | 0.132 | 0.140 | −0.072 | 0.422 | −0.101 | 0.259 | 0.108 | 0.229 |
SIS-Stroke Recovery | 0.300 | <0.001 * | −0.101 | 0.259 | −0.101 | 0.260 | 0.109 | 0.224 |
SIS-Total | 0.248 | <0.001 * | −0.184 | 0.039 * | −0.209 | 0.019 * | 0.287 | <0.001 * |
OCD | mMRC | VAS | BDI | |||||
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r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p | |
OCD | - | - | −0.060 | 0.459 | −0.021 | 0.791 | 0.238 | 0.003 * |
mMRC | −0.060 | 0.459 | - | - | 0.821 | <0.001 * | 0.290 | <0.001 * |
VAS | −0.021 | 0.791 | 0.821 | <0.001 * | - | - | 0.300 | <0.001 * |
BDI | 0.238 | 0.003 * | 0.290 | <0.001 * | 0.300 | <0.001 * | - | - |
Predictor Variable | R2 | Corrected R2 | ∆R2 | ∆F | ∆P | Standardized β | t | p | Correlations | ||
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Zero-Order | Partial | Part | |||||||||
SIS total | 0.449 | 0.175 | 0.202 | 7.650 | 0.001 | ||||||
OCD | 1.846 | 3.966 | 0.001 | 0.348 | 0.339 | 0.322 | |||||
mMRC | 1.634 | 0.700 | 0.485 | −0.184 | 0.063 | 0.057 | |||||
VAS | −2.040 | −1.532 | 0.128 | −0.209 | −0.138 | −0.124 | |||||
BDI | 0.805 | 2.118 | 0.036 | 0.287 | 0.189 | 0.172 | |||||
Age | 0.309 | 0.072 | 0.095 | 4.038 | 0.004 | ||||||
OCD | −0.401 | −1.267 | 0.207 | −0.153 | −0.102 | −0.097 | |||||
mMRC | −0.005 | −0.003 | 0.998 | 0.170 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |||||
VAS | 0.845 | 0.937 | 0.350 | 0.191 | 0.076 | 0.072 | |||||
BDI | −0.795 | −20.489 | 0.014 | −0.269 | −0.197 | −0.191 | |||||
Duration of stroke | 0.140 | −0.013 | 0.020 | 0.600 | 0.664 | ||||||
OCD | −29.784 | −0.911 | 0.364 | −0.075 | −0.083 | −0.082 | |||||
mMRC | −141.143 | −0.868 | 0.387 | 0.042 | −0.079 | −0.078 | |||||
VAS | 112.070 | 1.208 | 0.229 | 0.084 | 0.110 | 0.109 | |||||
BDI | −3.208 | −0.121 | 0.904 | −0.041 | −0.011 | −0.011 |
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Yildiz, A.; Mustafaoglu, R.; Bardak, A.N. Relationship Between Dyspnoea Scales and Quality of Life in Stroke Survivors: A Retrospective Analysis. Medicina 2025, 61, 540. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina61030540
Yildiz A, Mustafaoglu R, Bardak AN. Relationship Between Dyspnoea Scales and Quality of Life in Stroke Survivors: A Retrospective Analysis. Medicina. 2025; 61(3):540. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina61030540
Chicago/Turabian StyleYildiz, Abdurrahim, Rustem Mustafaoglu, and Ayse Nur Bardak. 2025. "Relationship Between Dyspnoea Scales and Quality of Life in Stroke Survivors: A Retrospective Analysis" Medicina 61, no. 3: 540. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina61030540
APA StyleYildiz, A., Mustafaoglu, R., & Bardak, A. N. (2025). Relationship Between Dyspnoea Scales and Quality of Life in Stroke Survivors: A Retrospective Analysis. Medicina, 61(3), 540. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina61030540