Measuring adherence to pulmonary rehabilitation 41 Table 1 Demographic and disease characteristics patients (n = 193) Demographic characteristics Male gender (%) 51.5 Median age in years (IQR) 68.0 (64-73) Education (%) - Low - Middle - Higher 21.4 53.1 25.5 Smoking status (%) - Never smoked - Quit smoking - Still smoking 1.5 85.2 13.3 Disease characteristics Median time in years since diagnose (IQR) 10.5 (5-14) GOLD classification (%) - GOLD I - GOLD II - GOLD III - GOLD IV 0.5 27.1 36.2 36.2 MRC-score (%) - 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 0.5 5.1 18.4 36.7 27.1 12.2 Years of physiotherapy (%) - 0-3 months - 3-6 months - 6-12 months - 1-5 years - > 5 years 14.8 7.7 6.6 30.6 40.3 Note: IQR = Inter Quartile Range; Low = elementary education, Middle = secondary education, High = university of applied sciences or research university; GOLD: Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease. The GOLD guidelines classify patients into four different categories: GOLD I (mild), GOLD II (moderate), GOLD III (severe), or GOLD IV (very severe) based on their level of airflow limitation; MRC-score: Medical Research Council dyspnea scale as a measure of disability in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: 0 = I do not suffer from breathlessness, 1 = I only get breathless with strenuous exercise, 2 = I get short of breath when hurrying on the level or walking up a slight hill, 3 = I walk slower than people of the same age on the level because of breathlessness, or I have to stop for breath when walking on my own pace on the level, 4 = I stop for breath after walking about 100 meters or after a few minutes on the level, 5 = I am too breathless to leave the house, or I am too breathless when dressing or undressing.
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