Table 1.
Baseline participant characteristics (N=54).
| Characteristics | Web-based pulmonary rehabilitation group (n=20) |
Conventional pulmonary rehabilitation group (n=34) |
Between-group differences, P value |
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| Gender (males/females), n | 18/2 | 19/15 | .009a | ||
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 68.3 (6.5) | 67.4 (8.6) | .60 | ||
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 27.2 (5.5) | 29.8 (6.6) | .13 | ||
| Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (L), mean (SD) | 1.52 (0.7) | 1.47 (0.6) | .84 | ||
| Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (% predicted), mean (SD) | 54.2 (26.9) | 55.8 (19.4) | >.99 | ||
| Smoking status: current, n (%) | 3 (15) | 3 (8.8) | .92 | ||
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Nonsmoker | 0 (0) | 3 (8.8) |
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Ex-smoker | 17 (85) | 26 (76.5) |
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Unknown | 0 (0) | 2 (5.9) |
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| Home oxygen usage, n (%) | .83 | ||||
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Yes | 4 (20) | 6 (17.6) |
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No | 16 (80) | 28 (82.4) |
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| Medical Research Council Dyspnoea Scale score, median (IQR) | 3 (2-4) | 3 (2-4) | .62 | ||
| Medical Research Council grade, n (%) | .62 | ||||
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2 | 9 (45) | 15 (45.5) |
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3 | 5 (25) | 8 (24.2) |
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4 | 5 (25) | 10 (30.3) |
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5 | 1 (5) | 0 (0) |
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| Incremental shuttle walking test (m), mean (SD) | 338.5 (185.7) | 286.8 (159.4) | .28 | ||
| Endurance shuttle walk test (seconds), mean (SD) | 263.9 (250.1) | 256.2 (157.1) | .89 | ||
aSignificant at P<.05 between groups.