TABLE 4.

Patient-reported acceptability of hand-held fan (HHF) therapy during exercise

	Question	Median (IQR)	Range (min–max)
Overall acceptability	How acceptable was it to use the HHF during the exercise test? (1=completely unacceptable, 5=completely acceptable)	4 (4–5)	3–5
Affective attitude	How much did you like using the HHF during the walking test? (1=strongly dislike, 5=strongly like)	4 (3–5)	3–5
Burden	How much additional effort was required to use the HHF during the walking test? (1=no additional effort, 5=a huge additional effort)	1 (1–3)	1–4
Self-efficacy	How confident were you about using the HHF as instructed during the walking test? (1=very unconfident, 5=very confident)	5 (4–5)	1–5
Intervention coherence	Do you understand how the HHF therapy was supposed to work? (1=definitely do not understand, 5=completely understand)	4 (3–5)	2–5
Perceived effectiveness	How effective was the HHF in reducing breathlessness when walking? (1=very ineffective, 5=very effective)	4 (3–4)	3–5
	How effective was the HHF therapy in helping you to recover your breathing after you finished walking? (1=very ineffective, 5=very effective)	4 (3–4)	3–5
	Would you use a HHF to help with breathlessness in your everyday life? (1=I definitely would not use it, 5=I definitely would use it)	5 (4–5)	2–5

IQR: interquartile range.