Table 2.

Patient demographics

	Number (%)
Age	40-50 year 6 %
	51-60 year 6 %
	61-70 year 33 %
	71-80 year 44 %
	81-90 year 11 %
Gender (M;F)	Male 9 (50 %), Female 9 (50 %)
COPD severity GOLD1	0 (0 %)
GOLD 2	6 (33 %)
GOLD 3	9 (50 %)
GOLD 4	2 (11 %)
Not recorded at entry to study	1 (6 %)
Computer skills	83 % had a computer, of whom
	13 % Never used their computer
	13 % Hardly ever used their computer
	20 % Sometimes used their computer
	7 % Quite frequently used their computer
	47 % Used their computer every day
MRC dyspnoea scale	MRC 2 - 0 %,
	MRC 3 - 89 %
	MRC - 4 11 %
Hospital admissions during study	9 hospital admission in total, 7 COPD related, 1 cardiac related and 1 lung surgery