LCQ Physical Domain Flashcards
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A clinician uses the LCQ physical domain score to monitor a patient's response to antitussive therapy. Improvement in which symptom would be most directly reflected?
Answer: Improved sleep due to fewer coughing episodes at night
Improved nocturnal sleep resulting from fewer coughing episodes is a physical domain outcome directly responsive to effective antitussive treatment.
Feeling 'run down' or generally unwell as a consequence of chronic cough is considered:
Answer: A physical domain item related to systemic cough impact
General unwellness and feeling run down from chronic cough are systemic physical effects captured in the physical domain.
How does the physical domain score differ between patients with idiopathic chronic cough versus those with COPD-related cough?
Answer: COPD patients typically show lower physical domain scores due to additional breathlessness burden
COPD patients typically have additional breathlessness and fatigue from airflow limitation, leading to lower (worse) physical domain scores than idiopathic cough patients.
In the LCQ physical domain, coughing that causes vomiting would be expected to produce:
Answer: A score closer to 1 (all of the time)
Vomiting from coughing represents severe physical impairment, reflected in item scores near 1 (all of the time) on the physical domain.
Which physical assessment would best complement the LCQ physical domain score to provide an objective correlate?
Answer: 24-hour ambulatory cough monitoring
24-hour ambulatory cough monitoring provides an objective cough frequency count that complements the subjective physical burden captured by the LCQ physical domain.
The physical domain of the LCQ is most sensitive to detecting change in patients who receive which type of intervention?
Answer: Antitussive medications or speech pathology cough suppression therapy
Antitussive medications and speech pathology cough suppression therapy directly reduce cough frequency, producing measurable physical domain improvements on the LCQ.