TABLE 2

Behavioural measures

Pre-rehabilitationPost-rehabilitationp-value
MRC score2.9±0.82.7±0.90.231
Dyspnoea-1212.0±9.27.9±6.40.009
SGRQ49.9±17.442.7±14.20.001
Catastrophic Thinking Scale12.1±10.37.2±5.40.022
Awareness and Vigilance Scale40.5±13.039.0±14.20.514
Fatigue Severity Scale41.4±11.332.6±11.60.001
CES-D13.3±8.911.8±7.30.375
State anxiety35.1±9.132.3±9.40.150
Trait anxiety35.8±9.131.9±8.80.010
BIS/BAS54.0±7.453.9±7.20.906
ISWT m342±199426±2120.000001

Data are presented as mean±sd, unless otherwise stated. Behavioural measurements pre- and post-pulmonary rehabilitation (n=31). MRC: Medical Research Council breathlessness scale; SGRQ: St George's Respiratory Questionnaire; CES-D: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; BIS/BAS: Behavioural Inhibition System/Behavioural Activation System scale; ISWT: incremental shuttle walk test.