Quality of life scores
| Mean (SD) overall quality of life scores (Juniper's14Paediatric Asthma Caregivers' Quality of Life Questionnaire) | Children's perceived disability and symptom scores (Usherwood's13 IPSAC measure) given as median (range) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention (n=81–99) | Control (n=81–101) | p value* (95% CI for difference between means) | Intervention (n=80–98) | Control (n=82–101) | p value** | Median difference (95% CI) | ||
| *t test; **Mann-Whitney U test. | ||||||||
| Baseline | 4.28 | 4.12 | Daytime symptoms | 6 (0 to 16) | 6 (1 to 16) | |||
| Perceived disability | 5 (0 to 24) | 6 (0 to 24) | ||||||
| Nocturnal symptoms | 5 (0 to 12) | 6 (0 to 12) | ||||||
| 3 months post-intervention | 5.41 (1.34) | 5.38 (1.39) | 0.90 (−0.45 to 0.40) | Daytime symptoms | 4 (0 to 13) | 4 (0 to 16) | 0.95 | 0.0 (−1.0 to 1.0) |
| Perceived disability | 3 (0 to 19) | 3 (0 to 21) | 0.76 | 0.0 (−1.0 to 1.0) | ||||
| Nocturnal symptoms | 3 (0 to 11) | 3 (0 to 12) | 0.50 | 0.0 (−1.0 to 1.0) | ||||
| 12 months post-intervention | 5.45 (1.49) | 5.73 (1.28) | 0.19 (−0.14 to 0.69) | Daytime symptoms | 3 (0 to 16) | 3 (0 to 16) | 0.07 | −1.0 (−2.0 to 0.0) |
| Perceived disability | 3 (0 to 24) | 2 (0 to 32) | 0.20 | 0.0 (−1.0 to 0.0) | ||||
| Nocturnal symptoms | 3 (0 to 12) | 2 (0 to 12) | 0.53 | 0.0 (−1.0 to 0.0) | ||||