From: Informal caregivers experience of supplemental oxygen in pulmonary fibrosis
Variable | Result |
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Female/Male | 17/3 |
Age (range) in years | 62.2 ± 9.7 (44–76) |
Relationship to Patient | 16 Spouses, 4 Children |
State of residence | 2 CA, 4 CO, 2 WA, and 1 each from FL, GA, ID, IL, MD, MN, NE, NM, NY, OH, PA, UT |
Duration of O2 use (years) | 3.9 ± 3.0 |
O2 set-up | |
In-house | 19 home concentrator, 1 liquid oxygen |
Portable | 9 compressed gas only 3 liquid oxygen only 4 POC only 3 compressed gas and POC available 1 liquid oxygen and POC available |