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Table 4 Categorisation of the populations for which the included questionnaires were developed (n = 104)

From: Patient-reported physical activity questionnaires: A systematic review of content and format

Population

N

%

Elderly

32

30.8%

COPD patients

15

14.4%

Patients with other chronic respiratory diseases

12

11.5%

(Chronic respiratory failure, (unspecified) chronic lung disease, chronic airflow limitation, asthma, (unspecified) pulmonary impairment, patients receiving home mechanical ventilation, and various underlying diseases)

  

Patients with unspecified chronic disease or disability

15

14.4%

Patients with other specified chronic diseases

30

28.8

(Chronic pain, multiple sclerosis, stroke, heart failure, coronary heart disease, peripheral arterial disease, chronic liver disease, minimal hepatic encephalopathy, cancer, back pain, chronic fatigue syndrome, immune thrombocytopenic purpura, chronic urticaria, women with fibromyalgia, ankylosing spondylitis, chronic disabling musculoskeletal disorders, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, (unspecified) rheumatoid diseases, cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis)

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