Background: The Mandarin Chinese version of the Leicester Cough Questionnaire (LCQ-MC) is a symptom specific questionnaire designed to assess the impact of cough severity, a major symptom of postoperative patients undergoing lung resection is cough. The aim of this study is to validate the LCQ-MC in patients with lung operation.
Methods: Totally 121 patients undergone the lung operation of single medical team, from September 2015 to April 2016 in the Thoracic Surgery Department of West China hospital Sichuan University, were investigated by LCQ-MC before and after operation. We analyzed and calculated the preoperative and postoperative scores of LCQ-MC and Cronbach α.
Results: ①The mean LCQ-MC score in preoperative (19.57±1.73) was significant higher than postoperative (17.71±2.72) (P=0.041). ②The Cronbach α in preoperative (0.87) and postoperative (0.89) was significant higher than 0.7. ③The preoperative scores of LCQ-MC (19.31±1.84) was significantly lower in postoperative cough group than in without postoperative cough group (19.97±1.46) (P=0.038). The postoperative scores of LCQ-MC (16.67±2.91) was significantly lower in postoperative cough group than in without postoperative cough group (19.30±1.32) (P=0.001). ④There was no statistical difference (P=0.936) between postoperative LCQ-MC score (17.75±2.51) in lobectomy group and non-lobectomy group (17.79±3.04).
Conclusions: The LCQ-MC can assess the condition of cough after thoracoscopic surgery in patients with pulmonary disease. .
背景与目的 中文版莱斯特咳嗽量表（Mandarin Chinese version of the Leicester Cough Questionnaire, LCQ-MC）是评估咳嗽的主要方法，本研究探讨LCQ-MC能否用于客观评价肺部疾病患者术后咳嗽。方法 选取2015年9月-2016年4月间四川大学华西医院胸外科单个医疗组收治的例行胸腔镜肺部手术的患者并进行问卷调查，问卷分别于术前与术后填写。分析LCQ-MC值、朗巴赫α系数等统计学方法。结果 ①LCQ-MC值在术前（19.57±1.73）显著高于术后（17.71±2.72）（P=0.041）。②克朗巴赫系数α系数在术前（0.87）和术后（0.89）均大于0.7。③术前LCQ-MC值在术后出现咳嗽组（19.31±1.84）显著低于术后无咳嗽组（19.97±1.46）（P=0.038）；术后LCQ-MC值在术后出现咳嗽组（16.67±2.91）显著低于术后无咳嗽患者（19.30±1.32）（P=0.001）。④肺叶切除术组患者术后LCQ-MC分值（17.75±2.51）和非肺叶切除术组患者（17.79±3.04）无明显统计学差异（P=0.936）。结论 肺疾病患者胸腔镜术后咳嗽情况可以应用LCQ-MC评估。.