| DES score 2 | DES score 3 | DES score 4 | |||||||
| Walking >100 yards on the level at own pace (n = 21) | Walking around house or ward on the level at own pace (n = 23) | Moving around in bed or getting out of bed (n = 18) | |||||||
| Symptom(s) limiting the activity | |||||||||
| Activity | Breathlessness | Muscle fatigue | Both equally | Breathlessness | Muscle fatigue | Both equally | Breathlessness | Muscle fatigue | Both equally |
| Walking/moving | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
| Washing | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| Bathing/showering | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| Dressing | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Combing hair | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| Making a drink/light cooking | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dusting/light cleaning | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Vacuum cleaning/brushing floors | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shopping | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Patients were categorised using the Dyspnoea Exertion Scale (DES) according to the level of exertion at which breathlessness occurs.
Within each category, the total number of responses for each activity reflects the number of patients who undertake that activity independently.