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Participant characteristics.
| Characteristics | Interview (n=28) |
Questionnaire (n=87) |
|
| Mean age (SDa) | 70.8 (8.3)b | 64.0 (8.5) | |
| % of female participants | 16 (57%) | 59 (69%)c | |
| Nationality UK | 28 (100%) | 58 (67%) | |
| MRCdbreathlessness grade |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
5 (6%) |
|
|
2 |
|
21 (24%) |
|
|
3 |
|
19 (22%) |
|
|
4 |
|
28 (32%) |
|
|
5 |
|
14 (16%) |
| ≥150 min moderate activity per weeke |
|
39 (65%) | |
aSD: standard deviation.
bOnly PwCOPD, n=16.
cn=85.
dMRC: Medical Research Council.
en=60.
