Findings from an exploration of a social network intervention to promote diet quality and health behaviours in older adults with COPD: a feasibility study

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study cohort—background characteristics

	All			Intervention			Control
	N	Median	IQR	N	Median	IQR	N	Median	IQR
Age	22	70	67–77	11	70	68–71	11	77	66–82
Age	Total N	N	%	Total N	N	%	Total N	N	%
Gender	22			11			11
Male		13	59.1		8	72.7		5	45.5
Female		9	40.9		3	27.3		6	54.6
Age left school—category	22			11			11
< 15		3	13.6		0	0		3	27.3
≥ 15		19	86.4		11	100		8	72.7
Highest qualification—category	21			10			11
None		4	19.1		1	10		3	27.3
O/A levels/vocational qualifications		14	66.7		6	60		8	72.7
Degree or higher		3	14.3		3	30		0	0
Job/occupation—category	21			10			11
Manual		11	52.4		5	50		6	54.6
Non-manual		10	47.6		5	50		5	45.5
Number of people in household	22			11			11
1		9	40.9		4	36.4		5	45.5
2		13	59.1		7	63.6		6	54.6
	N	Median	IQR	N	Median	IQR	N	Median	IQR
Regular visitors	22	4	2–6	11	4	3–6	11	4	2–7
	Total N	N	%	Total N	N	%	Total N	N	%
Disease severity^a	22			11			11
Mild		2	9.1		2	18.2		0	0
Moderate		11	50		6	54.6		5	45.5
Severe		8	36.4		3	27.3		5	45.5
Very severe		1	4.6		0	0		1	9.1

^aDisease severity (categorised as mild, moderate, severe or very severe based on the GOLD classification [28])

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