Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the analyzed sample of patients.
| Variables | Patients n = 71 |
|---|---|
| Males | 30 (42.2%) |
| Females | 41 (57.8%) |
| Years of Education | 8.9 ± 4.08 |
| Marital Status | |
| Single | 3 (4.2%) |
| Married | 36 (50.7%) |
| Divorced/widow | 32 (45.1%) |
| No smokers | 6 (8.5%) |
| Current smokers | 11 (15.5%) |
| Ex-smokers | 46 (64.7%) |
| Not Responders | 8 (11.3%) |
| Occupational Status | |
| Retired | 63 (88.7%) |
| Housewife | 8 (11.3%) |
| BMI | 27.57 ± 4.9 |
| Therapy With O2 | 23 (32.4%) |
| Corticosteroids therapy | 71 (100%) |
| MRC dyspnea grade | 4.0 ± 0 |
| Borg grade | 7.87 ± 0.92 |
| SGRQ-Total points | 49.33± 16.02 |
| 6MWD (meters) | 96.76 ± 85.25 |
| MRF26 | 72.14 ± 15.65 |
| Barthel | 68.32 ± 24.37 |
| FEV1 | 48.40 ± 24.2 |
| MMSE | 26.78 ± 2.83 |
| MoCa | 25.57 ± 3.73 |
| SF-36 General Health | 73.40 ± 11.54 |
| SF-36 Mental Health | 62.56 ± 8.54 |
| CIRS-severity | 1.58 ± 0.23 |
| CIRS-comorbidity | 2.44 ± 1.36 |