Table 3.
Respiratory Symptoms and Other Medical Illnesses Among SCI Subjects Who Use an MWC More Than Half of the Time
| Dyspnea While Talking, Eating, or Dressing
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 20)
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No (n=65)
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| Characteristic | n | % | n | % |
| Respiratory symptoms | ||||
| Chronic cough | 9 | 45.0 | 6 | 9.2 |
| Chronic phlegm | 6 | 30.0 | 12 | 18.5 |
| Any wheeze | 15 | 75.0 | 30 | 46.2 |
| Persistent wheeze | 6 | 30.0 | 10 | 15.4 |
| Medical illnesses | ||||
| Physician-diagnosed COPD | 1 | 5.0 | 7 | 10.8 |
| Physician-diagnosed asthma | 2 | 10.0 | 5 | 7.7 |
| Physician-diagnosed asthma or COPD | 2 | 10.0 | 11 | 16.9 |
| Chest illness within the past year keeping one at home or out of work | 7 | 35.0 | 12 | 18.5 |
| Pneumonia at time of SCI | 9 | 45.0 | 14 | 21.5 |
| Pneumonia after SCI | 10 | 50.0 | 22 | 33.9 |
| Heart disease treated in the last 10y | 3 | 15.0 | 4 | 6.2 |