Very many studies have now used the SGRQ, this is just a brief list of core papers related specifically to the SGRQ or its use. References to the SGRQ MCID are contained in that section of the website.
Major source references
1. Jones PW, Quirk FH, Baveystock CM. The St George's Respiratory Questionnaire. Respir Med 1991;85(Suppl B):25-31.
2. Jones PW, Quirk FH, Baveystock CM, Littlejohns P. A self-complete measure for chronic airflow limitation - the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992;145:1321-7.
3. Meguro M, Barley EA, Spencer S, Jones PW. Development and validation of an improved COPD-specific version of the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire. Chest 2006;132: 456-463.
Other references
1. Quirk FH, Jones PW. Patients' perception of distress due to symptoms and effects of asthma on daily living and an investigation of possible influential factors. Clin Sci 1990;79:17-21.
2. Quirk FH, Baveystock CM, Wilson RC, Jones PW. Influence of demographic and disease related factors on the degree of distress associated with symptoms and restrictions on daily living due to asthma in six countries. Eur Respir J 1991;4:167-71.
3. Anie KA, Jones PW, Hilton SR, Anderson HR. A computer-assisted telephone interview technique for assessment of asthma morbidity and drug use in adult asthma. J Clin Epidemiol 1996;49:653-6.
4. Barley EA, Jones PW. A comparison of global questions versus health status questionnaires as measures of the severity and impact of asthma. European Respiratory Journal 1999;14(3):591-6.
5. Ferrer M, Villasante C, Alonso J, Sobradillo V, Gabriel R, Vilagut G, et al. Interpretation of quality of life scores from the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire. Eur Respir J 2002;19:405-413.
6. Santiveri C, Espinalt M, Carrasco FXD, Marin A, Miguel E, Jones PW. Evaluation of male COPD patients' health status by proxies. Respir Med;101:439-445.
7. Jones PW, Beeh KM, Chapman KR, Decramer M, Mahler DA, Wedzicha JA. Minimal clinically important differences in pharmacological trials. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014;189:250-255.
8. Jones PW, Gelhorn H, Wilson H et al. Responder Analyses for Treatment Effects in COPD Using the St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation. 2017;4:120-127.