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Table 2 Baseline characteristics and health-related quality of life comparison between those recruited and randomised and those recruited but not randomised (percentages, absolute ratios and mean and standard deviations)

From: A pilot randomised controlled trial investigating a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention in individuals with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH): the PATHWAYS study

Variable

Randomised

Not randomised

Total sample

Sex (% male)

20.5% (7/34)

52.9% (9/17)

31.4% (16/52)

Age (mean (min, max))

50.0 (22, 76)

53.7 (20, 88)

51.3 (20, 88)

Ethnic origin (% white British)

87.1% (27/31)

100% (17/17)

91.7% (44/48)

Currently working

32.3% (10/31)

41.2% (7/17)

35.4% (17/48)

Stopped working due to ill health?

32.2% (10/31)

23.5% (4/17)

29.1% (14/48)

Retired

31.0% (9/29)

35.3% (6/17)

32.6% (15/46)

Practice yoga regularly

9.7% (3/31)

0% (0/17)

6.3% (2/48)

Regularly meditate

9.7% (3/31)

5.9% (1/17)

8.3% (4/48)

From the primary clinic

27.3% (9/34)

100% (18/18)

51.9% (27/52)

SF-36 PCS

37.9 (11.8)

37.0 (12.0)

37.6 (11.8)

SF-36 MCS

43.4 (11.7)

48.8 (7.9)

45.3 (10.7)

SF-6D

0.632 (0.131)

0.639 (0.099)

0.634 (0.119)

Anxiety (BAI)

14.5 (11.6)

10.5 (7.3)

13.1 (10.3)

Depression (BDI)

17.3 (12.6)

10.7 (7.0)

15.1 (11.4)

  1. The higher scores in BAI and BDI imply increased reported symptoms. BAI range was from 6 to 42, and for BDI, the range was 2–27 across both groups. The individual scores were deliberately not reported so as to avoid unintentional interpretation. There was no cut-off in the values