Table 2.
The Descriptive Statistics of the COPD Sample
| COPD Patients (n=18) | Min | Max | Mean | Mode | SD | SE | Skew | Kurtosis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 65 | 86 | 74.61 | 74 | 6.58 | 1.55 | 0.34 | −1.25 |
| Hospitalisations during the year before study inclusion (no/year) | 1 | 9 | 3.11 | 2 | 2.03 | 0.48 | 1.66 | 1.87 |
| Exacerbation during the study (no/year) | 0 | 10 | 3.94 | 2 | 3 | 0.71 | 0.69 | −0.93 |
| FEV1 value at study inclusion (% of predicted; 1 missing value) | 13 | 79 | 39.76 | 23 | 19.16 | 4.65 | 0.56 | −0.82 |
| BaR (scale 0–10) | 0 | 5.04 | 1.89 | 1.01 | 1.59 | 0.38 | 0.51 | 1.21 |
| BaPA (scale 0–10) | 1.87 | 8.75 | 5.9 | 7.82 | 5.9 | 0.45 | −0.37 | −0.83 |
| Mucus (scale 0–10) | 0.05 | 6.5 | 2.09 | 2.97 | 1.71 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.16 |
| Cough (scale 0–10) | 0.02 | 6.46 | 1.94 | 2.79 | 1.64 | 0.39 | 1.02 | 0.71 |
| Patient calls HBHC nurse (no/year) | 0 | 67 | 13 | 1 | 16.51 | 3.89 | 1.97 | 3.62 |
| HBHC physician calls patient (no/year) | 1 | 35 | 12.11 | 7 | 8.96 | 2.11 | 0.79 | 0.03 |
| Home visit by HBHC physician (no/year) | 4 | 31 | 14.22 | 11 | 7.47 | 1.76 | 0.38 | 0.66 |
| HBHC nurse calls patient (no/year) | 2 | 42 | 21.88 | 38 | 11.26 | 2.65 | 0 | −1.03 |
| Home visit by HBHC nurse (no/year) | 4 | 115 | 44.88 | 10 | 38.24 | 9.01 | 0.66 | −1.15 |
| Maintenance medication changes by HBHC (no/year) | 1 | 39 | 14.22 | 20 | 10.44 | 2.46 | 0.71 | −0.41 |
| Anxiolytics (“as needed” or P.R.N. medication) (no/year) | 0 | 280 | 44.55 | 0 | 95.44 | 22.49 | 1.70 | 1.22 |
| Antibiotics (“as needed” or P.R.N. medication) (no/year) | 0 | 175 | 23.22 | 0 | 43.08 | 10.15 | 2.49 | 5.76 |
| Inhalation (“as needed” or P.R.N. medication) (no/year) | 0 | 312 | 57.33 | 0 | 98.03 | 23.10 | 1.56 | 0.87 |
| Cortisone (“as needed” or P.R.N. medications) (no/year) | 0 | 318 | 75.5 | 0 | 112.06 | 26.41 | 1.06 | −0.58 |
| Other remedies (“as needed” or P.R.N. medications) (no/year) | 0 | 294 | 80.5 | 0 | 106.95 | 25.20 | 1.02 | −0.62 |
Abbreviations: BaPA, breathlessness at physical activity; BaR, breathlessness at rest; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in one second; HBHC, hospital-based home care; P.R.N, pro re nata; SD, standard deviation; SE, standard error.