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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for recall rating: how breathing felt “when you decided to come to the ED”

From: Test–retest reliability of multidimensional dyspnea profile recall ratings in the emergency department: a prospective, longitudinal study

  

Emergency Department

Follow-up

  

Time 0a (N = 154)

Time 0b (n = 141–144)

Time 0c (n = 67–68)

Domain

Item (Dimension)

Mean (SD)

Percentiles

Mean (SD)

Percentiles

Mean (SD)

Percentiles

   

25

50

75

 

25

50

75

 

25

50

75

Immediate Perception

Overall intensity

8.3 (2.1)

8.0

9.0

10.0

8.2 (2.1)

8.0

9.0

10.0

8.4 (1.8)

8.0

9.0

10.0

Unpleasantness

8.5 (1.8)

8.0

9.0

10.0

8.1 (2.0)

7.0

9.0

10.0

8.5 (1.9)

8.0

9.0

10.0

Muscle work/Effort

7.7 (2.7)

7.0

8.0

10.0

7.2 (3.0)

6.0

8.0

10.0

7.5 (2.7)

6.0

8.0

10.0

Not enough air/Smothering/Air hunger

7.9 (2.5)

7.0

9.0

10.0

7.5 (2.9)

6.0

8.0

10.0

7.8 (2.6)

7.0

8.5

10.0

Mental effort/Concentration

7.0 (3.4)

5.0

8.0

10.0

6.8 (3.3)

5.0

8.0

10.0

7.0 (3.2)

5.0

8.0

10.0

Tight/Constricted

7.5 (3.0)

6.0

8.0

10.0

7.3 (3.0)

6.0

8.0

10.0

7.4 (3.0)

5.0

9.0

10.0

Breathing a lot(rapid, deep, heavy)

7.4 (3.1)

6.0

9.0

10.0

7.1 (3.1)

5.0

8.0

10.0

6.6 (3.5)

3.3

8.0

10.0

 

Immediate Perception (7 item domain mean)

7.8 (2.1)

6.7

8.3

9.6

7.5 (2.4)

6.2

8.1

9.4

7.6 (2.2)

6.1

8.0

9.4

Emotional Response

Depressed

4.4 (4.0)

0.0

5.0

9.0

4.3 (3.8)

0.0

4.0

8.0

5.0 (3.8)

0.0

5.0

8.0

Anxious

6.5 (3.3)

4.0

8.0

9.0

6.1 (3.4)

3.0

7.0

9.0

7.0 (3.1)

5.0

8.0

9.0

Frustrated

6.7 (3.4)

5.0

8.0

9.3

6.1 (3.4)

4.0

7.0

9.0

6.9 (3.3)

5.0

8.0

10.0

Angry

4.5 (4.0)

0.0

5.0

8.0

4.0 (3.9)

0.0

3.0

8.0

4.4 (4.2)

0.0

3.0

9.0

Afraid

6.0 (4.0)

2.0

8.0

10.0

5.6 (4.0)

1.0

7.0

10.0

5.5 (4.0)

0.0

7.0

9.0

 

Emotional Response (5 item domain mean)

5.6 (2.9)

3.2

6.0

8.0

5.2 (2.9)

2.8

5.5

7.8

5.7 (2.9)

3.8

5.4

8.0

  1. Time 0a: dyspnea at time of decision to come to ED recalled at enrollment during ED visit.
  2. Time 0b: dyspnea at time of decision to come to ED recalled 1 hr after enrollment during ED visit.
  3. Time 0c: dyspnea at time of decision to come to ED recalled at follow-up visit 4–6 weeks after ED visit.