Total quality of life and subscales of quality of life scores for the intervention and control groups after education
| Asthma quality of life (maximum score) | Group | Mean (SD) score | Mean change (SD) in score for pairs (95% confidence interval) | Difference in mean change in score at 6 months (95% confidence interval) | Statistics | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immediately after intervention | 6 months | 6 months - baseline | ||||||||||
| Total (10) | Intervention | 2.49 (1.9) | 2.73 (2.0) | −0.41 (2.2) | ||||||||
| (n = 34) | (n = 30) | (−1.27 to 0.45) | −0.26 | t = 0.76 | ||||||||
| (n = 29) | (−1.3 to 0.77) | p = 0.44 | ||||||||||
| Control | — | 2.72 (2.1) | −0.67 (2.0)5-159 | |||||||||
| — | (n = 47) | (−1.25 to −0.08) | ||||||||||
| (n = 47) | ||||||||||||
| Breathlessness (10) | Intervention | 3.11 (2.7) | 3.00 (2.5) | −0.07 (2.1) | ||||||||
| (n = 34) | (n = 29) | (−0.89 to 0.75) | ||||||||||
| (n = 28) | −0.71 | t = 1.23 | ||||||||||
| Control | — | 2.87 (2.6) | −0.78 (2.6) | (−1.82 to 0.41) | p = 0.22 | |||||||
| — | (n = 47) | (−1.56 to 0) | ||||||||||
| (n = 47) | ||||||||||||
| Mood disturbance (10) | Intervention | 2.35 (2.3) | 2.83 (2.3) | −0.16 (2.9) | ||||||||
| (n = 34) | (n = 30) | (−1.2 to 0.92) | −0.46 | t = 0.83 | ||||||||
| (n = 29) | (−1.76 to 0.84) | p = 0.40 | ||||||||||
| Control | — | 2.46 (2.1) | −0.62 (2.5) | |||||||||
| — | (n = 47) | (−1.3 to 0.12) | ||||||||||
| (n = 47) | ||||||||||||
| Social disruption (10) | Intervention | 1.88 (2.1) | 2.36 (2.4) | −0.38 (2.4) | ||||||||
| (n = 34) | (n = 30) | (−1.3 to 0.54) | −0.24 | t = 0.51 | ||||||||
| (n = 29) | (−1.3 to 0.83) | p = 0.61 | ||||||||||
| Control | — | 2.29 (2.5) | −0.62 (1.9) | |||||||||
| — | (n = 47) | (−1.20 to 0) | ||||||||||
| (n = 47) | ||||||||||||
| Concern for health (10) | Intervention | 2.19 (1.9) | 2.60 (2.2) | −0.68 (2.6) | ||||||||
| (n = 34) | (n = 30) | (−1.6 to 0.32) | −0.02 | t = 0.21 | ||||||||
| (n = 29) | (−1.19 to 1.16) | p = 0.83 | ||||||||||
| Control | — | 2.85 (2.5) | −0.66 (2.2) | |||||||||
| — | (n = 47) | (−1.30 to 0) | ||||||||||
| (n = 47) | ||||||||||||
↵5-159 p = 0.03.
The number of subjects varies either because some subjects did not respond completely or because they responded to less than 50% of the items required.