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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: Perceptions and experiences of a manual therapy trial: a qualitative study of people with moderate to severe COPD

Characteristic

Focus group 1 (n = 3)

Focus group 2 (n = 5)

Focus group 3 (n = 4)

Gender

 Male

3

4

2

 Female

0

1

2

Age (range, years)

78–88

74–78

61–76

COPD severitya

 Moderate

1

3

3

 Severe

2

2

1

  1. aCOPD severity measured in terms of Global Initiative for COPD (GOLD) guidelines [3]