Agreement of the modified Medical Research Council and New York Heart Association scales for assessing the impact of self-rated breathlessness in cardiopulmonary disease.
Zainab AhmadiHelena IgelströmJacob SandbergJosefin SundhMagnus SköldChrister JanssonAnders BlombergHans BornefalkAnna Bornefalk-HermanssonMagnus Per EkströmPublished in: ERJ open research (2022)
In outpatients with cardiorespiratory disease, the mMRC and NYHA scales show moderate to strong correlations and similar associations with other patient-reported outcomes. This supports that the scales are comparable when assessing the impact of breathlessness on function and patient-reported outcomes.