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Table 2 Prevalence

From: Studies of the symptom dyspnoea: A systematic review

 

Number of patients with the consultation reason dyspnoeaa

Overall consultations

Prevalence

CI

Charles, 2005 (BEACH Program)

5215

602100 b

0.87 %

0.85–0.89

Frese, 2011 (SESAM Study)

93

8877 b

1.05 %

0.85–1.29

Okkes, 2002

3743

149238 c

2.59 %

2.43–2.59

Frese, 2011 (Transition Project d)

  1. aPatients with several consultations were singular counted during assessment time
  2. bAll direct encounters during assessment time (without double consultations)
  3. cAll active listed patients
  4. dBoth studies from Frese and Okkes published data from the Transitions Project persist. Due to the more detailed data presentation, we extracted the data from the article from Frese et al