Severe Respiratory Insufficiency Questionnaire (SRI)

Description

Health related quality of life measure. Developed for use by patients with respiratory failure from a variety of underlying diseases receiving mechanical ventilation.

Developer

W Windisch

Address

Dr Wolfram Windisch
Department of Pneumonology
University Hospital Freiburg
Killiamstrasse 5
Freiburg D-79106 GERMANY

E-mail

wolfram.windisch@uniklinik-freiburg.de

Administration

Self administered

Time to complete

20 minutes

Number of items

49

Domains & categories (#)

7 categories

Name of domains/ categories

Respiratory complaints, physical functioning, attendant symptoms and sleep, social relationships, anxiety, psychological well-being, social functioning

Scaling of items

5-point Likert scale

Scoring

0 to 100 (best quality of life). Summary scale

Reliability

a. Test-retest/reproducibility: Not Reported
b. Internal consistency: Reported¹

Validity

Concurrent reported ¹

Responsiveness

Reported ^2,3

Research use

Yes, including clinical trials^2,3

Clinical use

Not tested

Languages

Original: GermanTranslations: Spanish version available⁴

References

1. Windisch W, K Freidel, B schucher, H Baumann, M Wiebel, H Matthys, F Petermann. The severe respiratory insufficiency questionnaire a specific measure of health-related quality of life in patients receiving home mechanical ventilation. J Clin Epidemiol 2003;56:752-759.
   
2. Windisch W, M Dreher, J H Storre, S Sorichter. Nocturnal non-invasive positive pressure ventilation: physiological effects on spontaneous breathing. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2006; 150:251-260.
   
3. Storre JH, Seuthe B, Fiechter R, Milioglou S, Dreher M, Sorichter S, Windisch W. Average volume-assured pressure support in obesity hypoventilation: A randomized crossover trial. Chest 2006; 130:815-821.
   
4. Lopez-Campos JL, Failde I, Jimenez AL, Jimenez FM, Cortes EB, Moya JMB, Garcia RA, Windisch W. Calidad de vida relacionada con la salud de pacientes en programa de ventilacion mecanica domiciliaria. La version espanola del cuestionario SRI. Arch Bronconeumol 2006; 42:588-593.

Date of information

January 2007