LCQ LCQ Psychological Domain

Question 1

Which psychological symptom is directly assessed by the LCQ psychological domain?

Accepted Answer

Feeling depressed or fed up because of coughing

Answer

Chest pain from coughing

Answer

Avoiding restaurants due to coughing

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Being woken from sleep by coughing

Question 2

Anxiety about the cause of one's cough is captured in which LCQ domain?

Accepted Answer

Psychological domain

Answer

Physical domain

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Social domain

Answer

It is not assessed by the LCQ

Question 3

Embarrassment caused by coughing in the presence of others is classified in the LCQ as:

Accepted Answer

A psychological domain item

Answer

A physical domain item

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A social domain item

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Not included in the LCQ

Question 4

A patient with chronic cough who reports that coughing makes them feel irritable would have this captured in which LCQ domain?

Accepted Answer

Psychological domain

Answer

Physical domain

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Social domain

Answer

No domain — irritability is not assessed

Question 5

The psychological domain of the LCQ was included because chronic cough is known to be associated with:

Accepted Answer

Psychological distress including anxiety and depression

Answer

Improved immune function

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Elevated mood and energy

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No measurable mental health effects

Question 6

In validated studies, LCQ psychological domain scores have been shown to correlate with scores on which standalone tool?

Accepted Answer

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)

Answer

FEV1 spirometry values

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The Epworth Sleepiness Scale

Answer

The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index