Association of dysfunctional breathing with health-related quality of life: A cross-sectional study in a young population.
Symptomatic hyperventilation (SH) is a pathological condition that manifests with breathlessness, dyspnea, light-headedness, anxiety, and paresthesia. However, little is known about the prevalence of SH and its association with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a young population. The Nijmeg...
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| description | Symptomatic hyperventilation (SH) is a pathological condition that manifests with breathlessness, dyspnea, light-headedness, anxiety, and paresthesia. However, little is known about the prevalence of SH and its association with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a young population. The Nijmegen questionnaire (NQ), which measures severity of SH, had not previously been cross-culturally translated into Korean. In this study, the NQ was cross-culturally translated into Korean (KNQ), using translation and back-translation methods. To examine the reliability and validity levels of the KNQ, as well as its association with HRQoL, 237 college students (21.38 ± 2.45 years) were asked to complete the KNQ, the Korean version of the general health questionnaire (K-GHQ-30) and the short form-36 (K-SF-36). The KNQ showed satisfactory reliability (Cronbach's α = 0.878). In the construct validity test, four factors (neuropsychological, respiratory, neurogastrointestinal, and neuromuscular) were extracted (% of total variance = 59.8). Using a KNQ cut-off score of 23 points, the prevalence of SH was 22.8%. Physical and mental HRQoL levels estimated by the K-GHQ-30 score and the 8 subscale scores of the K-SF-36 were lower in the SH group than in those of the non-SH group. It is concluded that the cross-culturally translated KNQ is reliable and valid, and management of SH may prevent a reduction in physical and mental HRQoL in a young population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2682c1545eea4e768d1c66f53e1817a02022-12-21T23:55:15ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-011310e020563410.1371/journal.pone.0205634Association of dysfunctional breathing with health-related quality of life: A cross-sectional study in a young population.Ji-Myung OkYoung-Bae ParkYoung-Jae ParkSymptomatic hyperventilation (SH) is a pathological condition that manifests with breathlessness, dyspnea, light-headedness, anxiety, and paresthesia. However, little is known about the prevalence of SH and its association with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a young population. The Nijmegen questionnaire (NQ), which measures severity of SH, had not previously been cross-culturally translated into Korean. In this study, the NQ was cross-culturally translated into Korean (KNQ), using translation and back-translation methods. To examine the reliability and validity levels of the KNQ, as well as its association with HRQoL, 237 college students (21.38 ± 2.45 years) were asked to complete the KNQ, the Korean version of the general health questionnaire (K-GHQ-30) and the short form-36 (K-SF-36). The KNQ showed satisfactory reliability (Cronbach's α = 0.878). In the construct validity test, four factors (neuropsychological, respiratory, neurogastrointestinal, and neuromuscular) were extracted (% of total variance = 59.8). Using a KNQ cut-off score of 23 points, the prevalence of SH was 22.8%. Physical and mental HRQoL levels estimated by the K-GHQ-30 score and the 8 subscale scores of the K-SF-36 were lower in the SH group than in those of the non-SH group. It is concluded that the cross-culturally translated KNQ is reliable and valid, and management of SH may prevent a reduction in physical and mental HRQoL in a young population.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6181383?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Ji-Myung Ok Young-Bae Park Young-Jae Park Association of dysfunctional breathing with health-related quality of life: A cross-sectional study in a young population. PLoS ONE |
| title | Association of dysfunctional breathing with health-related quality of life: A cross-sectional study in a young population. |
| title_full | Association of dysfunctional breathing with health-related quality of life: A cross-sectional study in a young population. |
| title_fullStr | Association of dysfunctional breathing with health-related quality of life: A cross-sectional study in a young population. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association of dysfunctional breathing with health-related quality of life: A cross-sectional study in a young population. |
| title_short | Association of dysfunctional breathing with health-related quality of life: A cross-sectional study in a young population. |
| title_sort | association of dysfunctional breathing with health related quality of life a cross sectional study in a young population |
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