Identifying Appropriate Delivery of and Referral to Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Uganda: A Survey Study of People Living with Chronic Respiratory Disease and Health Care Workers

Figures & data

Figure 1 Diagram showing study recruitment.

Abbreviation: CRD, chronic respiratory disease.

Table 1 Characteristics of Study Participants with Chronic Respiratory Disease in Uganda. Data Presented as n (%) Except Where Stated

Participant Characteristics	Frequency
Sex (female)	32 (63.0%)
Age group
<40 years	12 (23.5%)
40–50 years	10 (19.6%)
50–60 years	9 (17.7%)
60–70 years	12 (23.5%)
70–80 years	3 (5.9%)
>80 years	5 (9.8%)
Age when left full-time education (median years, IQR)	22 (19–25)
Employment status
Employed	19 (37%)
Unemployed	29 (57%)
Retired	3 (6%)

Abbreviation: IQR, Inter-Quartile Range.

Table 2 Patient Preference in Regard to the Mode of a Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) Programme

Characteristic	Frequency (%)
Preferred mode of PR
Group, supervised, hospital-based	34 (66.7)
Group, supervised, local hospital or community based	8 (15.7)
Exercise and educational manual at home	9 (17.6)
Web-based	0 (0)
Time willing to spend in PR
<30 minutes /day	13 (25.5)
30 minutes to 1 hour /day	20 (39.2)
1 to 2 hours /day	15 (29.4)
>2 hours /day	3 (5.9)

Figure 2 Health care worker opinions on referring to Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR). Data presented as a percentage of those that strongly disagree, disagree, not sure, agree and strongly agreed.

Abbreviation: CRD, chronic respiratory disease.

Figure 3 Patient-based factors influencing decision to refer to Pulmonary Rehabilitation, with influence graded as no, some or strong influence. Data presented as a percentage.

Abbreviation: MRC, Medical Research Council.

Figure 4 Referrer and referral process-based factors influencing decision not to refer patients to pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), with influence graded as no, some or strong influence. Data presented as a percentage.