Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics (n = 134).
| Female Sex - No. (%) | 74 (55) |
| Age mean - yr | 71 ± 10 |
| Active smoking - no./total no. (%) a | 13/100 (13) |
| Dyspnea mean - MRC score | 3.7 ± 0.9 |
| Baseline medication - no./total no. (%) a | |
| Opioids | 108/134 (80) |
| Bronchodilators | 89/127 (70) |
| Benzodiazepine | 69/121 (57) |
| Diuretics | 38/120 (32) |
| Diagnosis - no. (%) | |
| Lung cancer | 99 (74) |
| Non-lung cancer | 28 (21) |
| Undetermined | 2 (1) |
| Other | 5 (4) |
| Prescriber - no./total no. (%) a | |
| Specialists | 81/133 (61) |
| General practitioners | 52/133 (39) |
| Prescription context - no./total no. (%) a | |
| Hospital discharge | 54/108 (50) |
| Ambulatory | 54/108 (50) |
| Oxygen flow - liters per minute | 2.3 ± 0.9 |
| Met prescription criteria - no. (%) | |
| Yes | 76 (57) |
| No | 25 (19) |
| Undetermined | 33 (24) |
aData not available for all patients; Plus–minus values are means ± standard deviations.