Contribution of Psychological Factors in Dropping out from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Rehabilitation Programs

Table 1

Sex, education, FEV1%, and years of diagnosis.

		Age	Education (years)	FEV1%	Years of diagnosis
Male	Mean	65.0179	10.5268	40.7428*	8.9118
	𝑁=112
	Std. deviation	8.04602	4.02013	20.20831	6.01195
Female	Mean	63.6563	11.9063	52.2203*	8.0588
	𝑁=32
	Std. deviation	7.74017	4.02700	22.43287	9.28352
Total	Mean	64.7153	10.8333	43.2379	8.6275
	𝑁=144
	Std. deviation	7.97256	4.04866	21.16720	7.18320

COPD staging per GOLD criteria: mild: 𝑁=12, moderate: 𝑁=27, severe: 𝑁=60, very severe: 𝑁=45.
^∗𝑡-test 𝑃<0.05.