Table 2.
Reported lifetime experience and the current use of airway clearance methods.
| Methods∗ | Lifetime use, N = 52 responses | Past 30-day use, N = 53 responses | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | NR† | Total | (%) | Male | Female | NR† | Total | (%) | |
| Exercise | 21 | 17 | 1 | 39 | 75 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 33 | 62 |
| Vest | 25 | 22 | 1 | 48 | 92 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 30 | 57 |
| Huff or cough | 22 | 17 | 1 | 40 | 77 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 45 |
| Oscillating PEP | 18 | 16 | 1 | 35 | 67 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 28 |
| Manual CPT | 22 | 23 | 1 | 46 | 88 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| Others | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| IPV | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| None | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
∗ Respondents could choose more than one method of airway clearance. †NR = no response was provided for gender. Methods are listed in order by frequency of past 30-day use.