Table 2 Patient demographics

Age

40-50 year 6 %

51-60 year 6 %

61-70 year 33 %

71-80 year 44 %

81-90 year 11 %

Gender (M;F)

Male 9 (50 %), Female 9 (50 %)

COPD severity GOLD1

0 (0 %)

        GOLD 2

6 (33 %)

        GOLD 3

9 (50 %)

        GOLD 4

2 (11 %)

Not recorded at entry to study

1 (6 %)

Computer skills

83 % had a computer, of whom

13 % Never used their computer

13 % Hardly ever used their computer

20 % Sometimes used their computer

7 % Quite frequently used their computer

47 % Used their computer every day

MRC dyspnoea scale

MRC 2 - 0 %,

MRC 3 - 89 %

MRC - 4 11 %

Hospital admissions during study

9 hospital admission in total, 7 COPD related, 1 cardiac related and 1 lung surgery