Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the participants included in this study.

Baseline demographics: N (%)	19 (100)
Age (years), mean ± SD	50 ± 12
Gender: male, N (%)	6 (32)
PH WHO Group, N (%)
Group 1 PAH	15 (79)
Group 4 CTEPH	4 (21)
Duration of diagnosis (years): mean ± SD	8 ± 4
Emphasis-10 score: mean ± SD	32 ± 11
Highest level of education, N (%)
Primary school	1 (5)
Secondary school	4 (21)
Diploma/certificate	10 (53)
Undergraduate	3 (16)
Postgraduate	1 (5)
Current employment status, N (%)
Unemployed due to medical illness	13 (68)
Retired	3 (16)
Full time employment	3 (16)

SD: standard deviation; PH: pulmonary hypertension; WHO: World Health Organization; PAH: pulmonary arterial hypertension; CTEPH: chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.