Telemonitoring of Daily Activity and Symptom Behavior in Patients with COPD

Table 1

Patients’ characteristics and health status.

Characteristics	𝑛	Mean ± SD	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Age (years)	39	66.0±8.1
Gender	39
Male			23	59
Female			16	41
FEV1% predicted	39	44.9±15.5
GOLD stage	39
II			13	46.2
III			18	33.3
IV			8	20.5
Smoking	38
Current smoker			10	25.6
Former smoker			28	71.8
MRC	38
1			7	17.9
2			12	30.8
3			14	35.9
4			3	7.7
5			2	5.1
BMI (kg/m^2)	38	26.7±4.9
Work status	39
Employed			7	17.9
Unemployed			32	82.1

Abbreviations: FEV₁% predicted: forced expiratory volume in 1 second percent predicted, GOLD: Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, MRC: medical research council dyspnea scale, BMI: Body Mass Index.