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Table 1 Baseline demographic characteristics of patients completing the intervention

From: Early telemedicine training and counselling after hospitalization in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a feasibility study

Patients n = 37

Mean/number

Standard deviation/per cent

Age (year)

69.2

8.8

Gender (Men)

5

14%

Living alone

20

54%

Current prednisolone treatment

14

38%

FEV1 (%)

27.1

12.5

MRC

4.5

0.7

BMI (kg/m2)

23.0

5.0

Borg, in rest

2.6

1.4

Long term oxygen therapy (n)

17

46%

Saturation, in rest (%)

93.1

2.8

TUG score (sec)

10.27

3.81

FTSST (sec)

18.96

10.63

Total CCQ score

3.6

0.9

  1. FEV1 value – forced expiratory volume in 1 second, MRC - Medical Research Council Dyspnoea Scale, BMI – Body mass index, TUG - Timed Up & Go test, FTSST - The five times sit to stand test, CCQ - the Clinical COPD Questionnaire.