Number of patients | |
---|---|
Sex (male/female) | 14/7 |
Age (years; mean (SD; range)) | 71 (8; 50-83) |
Health board | |
Lothian | 8 |
Forth Valley | 7 |
Tayside | 6 |
Demography* | |
Inner city | 8 |
Urban | 5 |
Rural | 8 |
Carer | |
Living with family carer | 10 |
Family carer local | 5 |
No family carer | 6 |
Smoking status | |
Ex-smoker | 16 |
Smoker | 5 |
Comorbid disease (one or more comorbidity) | 19 |
Clinical history | |
Duration of symptoms (years; mean (SD)) | 18 (8) |
Using oxygen at home | 9 |
History of admissions for exacerbations of COPD | 13 |
History of admissions with respiratory failure | 6 |
Severity of COPD | |
Spirometry FEV1 (litres; mean (SD)) | 0.63 (0.24) |
Predicted FEV1 (%; mean (SD))† | 26 (10) |
Oxygen saturation on air (%; mean (SD))‡ | 92 (4) |
Medical Research Council dyspnoea score (mean (SD))§ | 4.6 (0.7) |
Impact of disease | |
St George's respiratory questionnaire (mean (SD))¶ | 75.2 (11.7) |
Hospital anxiety and depression scale, anxiety subscore (mean (SD))** | 9.4 (4.9) |
Hospital anxiety and depression scale, depression subscore (mean (SD)) | 10.3 (4.3) |
Values are numbers of patients unless otherwise specified. COPD=chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; FEV1=forced expiratory volume in one second.
* None of the patients were from ethnic minority backgrounds.
† FEV1 <30% predicted is very severe COPD.
‡ 92% is the threshold for hypoxia.
§ Scale 1-5, 5 is most breathless.
¶ Scale 0-100, higher scores indicate worse quality of life.
** Scores above 11 indicate considerable anxiety or depression.