mMRC Dyspnea Scale
mMRC dyspnea scale: the single 0-4 self-reported breathlessness grade with its descriptor.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- mMRC dyspnea grade
- 2 — walks slower than peers, or stops for breath at own pace
Result: mMRC grade 2: walks slower than peers on the level, or stops for breath when walking at own pace.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- Grades 0-4
- 0 strenuous exercise only; 1 hurrying/slight hill; 2 slower than peers or stops at own pace; 3 stops after ~100 m; 4 too breathless to leave the house.
- Use
- The grade feeds the BODE index and the GOLD ABE symptom assessment; it measures disability, not airflow obstruction.
What you enter
- mMRC dyspnea grade
How this is calculated
Bestall JC, Paul EA, Garrod R, Newcombe RG, Jones PW, Wedzicha JA. Usefulness of the MRC dyspnoea scale as a measure of disability in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Thorax. 1999;54(7):581-586. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.