Rationale: Cough is a key symptom in patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease (ILD). Objective: This study evaluated the prevalence, longitudinal change, associations, and prognostic significance of cough severity in patients with fibrotic ILD. Methods: We included consecutive patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and non-IPF fibrotic ILD who completed the 100mm-Cough Severity Visual Analog Scale (VAS) from the prospective multi-center Canadian Registry for …