Skip to main content

Table 2 Relevance of issuesa

From: Health-related quality of life in patients with COVID-19; international development of a patient-reported outcome measure

Issue # in English

Health care professionals N = 44

Relevance (mean score)

Patients N = 52

Relevance (mean score)

Difference between meansb

Shortness of breath

3.8

3.7

0.1

Cough

3.8

3.1

0.7

Fever

3.7

3.4

0.3

Social function

3.6

3.2

0.4

Overall health and quality of life

3.6

3.0

0.6

Fatigue

3.5

3.4

0.1

Physical function

3.5

3.3

0.2

Distress

3.4

3.1

0.3

Worries about infecting others

3.4

3.0

− 0.4

Role function

3.4

2.9

0.5

Loss of smell

3.3

3.8

− 0.5

Loss of taste

3.3

3.5

− 0.2

Anxiety

3.3

3.4

− 0.1

Headache

3.3

3.2

0.1

Malaise

3.3

3.1

0.2

Worries about future outcome

3.3

3.0

0.3

Physical weakness

3.2

3.1

0.1

General muscle soreness or pain

3.2

3.0

0.2

Shame or guilt of infecting others

3.1

3.0

− 0.1

Diarrhoea

3.0

3.0

0.0

Chest discomfort

2.9

3.4

− 0.5

Tension

2.9

3.4

− 0.5

Loss of appetite

2.9

2.9

0.0

Sore throat

2.9

2.7

0.2

Chest pain

2.8

3.6

− 0.8

Chest congestion

2.8

3.5

− 0.7

Agitation

2.8

3.5

− 0.7

Depression

2.8

3.4

− 0.6

Insomnia

2.8

3.0

− 0.2

Worries about being discriminated against society

2.7

3.1

− 0.4

Cognitive function

2.7

3.1

− 0.4

Joint pain

2.7

2.8

− 0.1

General pain

2.6

3.2

− 0.6

Chills

2.6

2.8

− 0.2

Expectoration

2.5

2.8

− 0.3

Worries about economic difficulties

2.5

2.6

− 0.1

Heart palpitations

2.4

3.2

− 0.8

Panic crisis

2.3

3.0

− 0.7

Nausea

2.3

3.1

− 0.8

Extensive sweating

2.3

2.8

− 0.5

Confusion

2.2

3.3

− 1.1

Gastrointestinal discomfort

2.2

3.3

− 1.1

Drowsiness

2.2

2.8

− 0.6

Abdominal pain

2.2

2.4

− 0.2

Runny nose

2.2

2.2

0.0

Vomiting

2.1

3.3

− 1.2

Nasal congestion

2.1

2.2

− 0.1

Throat congestion

2.0

2.7

− 0.7

Sore eyes

2.0

2.4

− 0.4

Anger

2.0

3.0

− 1.0

Back pain

1.9

3.1

− 1.2

Sneezing

1.9

2.2

− 0.3

Muscle stiffness

1.8

2.8

 1.0

Dizziness

1.8

2.2

− 0.4

Vision problems

1.5

2.7

− 1.2

Hearing loss

1.3

2.3

− 1.0

  1. aResponse categories 1 (not relevant), 2 (a little relevant), 3 (relevant), 4 (very relevant)
  2. bPositive values, higher relevance reported by health care professionals. Negative values, higher relevance reported by patients. Values in bold are difference positive or negative ≥ 1