Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of asthma/COPD patients by group

Characteristic	Intervention group (n = 50)	Control group (n = 50)	P-value
Age [years] mean ± SD	58.2 ±10.5	59.5 ±11.2	0.54
Gender, n (%):			0.83
Male	26 (5%)	28 (5%)
Female	24 (4%)	22 (4%)
Years since diagnosis, mean ± SD:			0.71
Asthma	10.3 ±7.2	11.1 ±8.1
COPD	12.5 ±9.5	13.2 ±10.3