Table 1 Characteristics of the interviewed COPD patients.
Patients’ characteristics | N = 21 |
|---|---|
Age, in years; Mean (min-max) | 67 (52–85) |
Gender; n (%) | |
Female | 11 (52.4) |
Male | 10 (47.6) |
Ethnicity; n (%) | |
White | 10 (47.6) |
Black | 3 (14.3) |
Indigenous | 7 (33.3) |
Asians | 1 (4.7) |
Level of education; n (%) | |
Elementary education or less | 13 (61.9) |
High school | 6 (28.6) |
Higher education | 2 (9.5) |
Marital status; n (%) | |
Stable union | 1 (4.7) |
Married | 8 (38.1) |
Widower | 9 (42.9) |
Single | 1 (4.7) |
Divorced | 2 (8.5) |
Working status; n (%) | |
Retired | 10 (47.6) |
Don’t work or study | 6 (28.6) |
Just work | 4 (19.1) |
On leave or unable to study/work | 1 (4.7) |
mMRC Dyspnoea Scale; n (%) | |
Grade 0–1 | 3 (14.3) |
Grade 2–4 | 18 (85.7) |
Smoking; n(%) | |
Current smoker | 8 (38.1) |
Former smoker | 13 (61.9) |
Mental disorders; n (%) | |
Anxiety | 7 (33.3) |
Depression | 2 (9.5) |
Depression, anxiety | 2 (9.5) |
No mental disorders | 10 (47.6) |
Chronic comorbidities; n (%) | |
Diabetes | 1 (4.7) |
Arterial hypertension | 3 (14.3) |
Asthma | 1 (4.7) |
Heart disease | 1 (4.7) |
More than one comorbidity | 15 (71.4) |
CAT; Mean (SD) | 17.14 (7.7) |
Status of COPD; n (%) | |
Established | 11 (47.6) |
Newly diagnosed | 10 (52.4) |
GOLD Classification COPD Severity; n (%) | |
Mild | 1 (4.7) |
Moderate | 10 (47.6) |
Severe | 9 (42.9) |
Very Severe | 1 (4.7) |
FEV1 (pre); Mean (SD) | 48.9 (13.9) |
FEV1(post); Mean (SD) | 54.1 (17.1) |
GODIN Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire; n (%) | |
Active | 0 (0) |
Moderately Active | 5 (23.8) |
Insufficiently Active/Sedentary | 16 (76.2) |
