Permission
Studies by health care professionals (often called ‘investigator led’ studies) or students do not attract a licence fee.
Investigator led studies in which the investigator is the sponsor do not need a licence, even if the investigator has been funded by a grant from a pharmaceutical company or is are carrying out a scientific study using a company’s named product.
Healthcare organisations (government or privately run) are not charged a licence fee if the SGRQ is being used as part of patient assessment in routine clinical care – for example to assess benefit in a rehabilitation programme.
Confirmation of permission to use the questionnaire in these circumstances can, if required, be given via an email or letter. An email can be archived and added to documentation as permission for use of the questionnaire. For a formal letter of permission please provide name of PI, name and address of PI’s academic institution, title of study.
Requests for permission emails/letters should be sent to sgrq@sgul.ac.uk.
Licensing
Commercial (for profit) use of the SGRQ/SGRQ-C/SGRQ-I incurs a licence fee which is charged by the university on a per patient, per study basis. For information on fees charged and how to obtain a licence please send an email to sgrq@sgul.ac.uk .