Table 2

Change from post-PR values after 12 months, ITT and PP analysis with no imputation

Control (n=75)Intervention (n=73)Mean differenceIntervention (n=38)Mean difference
NMeanNMean95% CIp ValueNMean95% CIp Value
CRQ dyspnoea57−0.54 (1.21)53−0.35 (1.17)0.19 (−0.26 to 0.64)0.39734−0.37 (1.30)0.17 (−0.36 to 0.71)0.522
CRQ fatigue58−0.41 (1.19)53−0.30 (1.09)0.12 (−0.31 to 0.55)0.59234−0.12 (1.06)0.3 (−0.19 to 0.79)0.233
CRQ emotion580.02 (1.32)530.00 (1.46)−0.02 (−0.55 to 0.5)0.927340.31 (1.59)0.29 (−0.32 to 0.9)0.353
CRQ mastery58−0.06 (1.49)530.01 (1.42)0.07 (−0.48 to 0.62)0.8340.35 (1.51)0.41 (−0.23 to 1.05)0.205
ESWT (m)40−179.29 (451.37)40−70.22 (487.59)109.08 (−100.08 to 318.23)0.302286.91 (477.15)186.2 (−41.13 to 413.53)0.107
ESWT (s)43−142.84 (398.91)40−152.90 (430.32)−10.06 (−191.16 to 171.03)0.91227−103.15 (408.95)39.69 (−157.66 to 237.04)0.689
Body mass index (kg/m2)40−0.33 (1.52)33−0.58 (2.71)−0.25 (−1.26 to 0.75)0.61723−0.85 (2.85)−0.52 (−1.62 to 0.58)0.345
Body fat (%)46−0.52 (3.64)41−0.60 (3.54)−0.08 (−1.62 to 1.45)0.91629−0.39 (3.16)0.12 (−1.52 to 1.76)0.882
HADS440.89 (5.16)410.68 (5.04)−0.2 (−2.41 to 2)0.855280.11 (5.62)−0.78 (−3.36 to 1.8)0.548
EQ5D59−0.10 (0.28)55−0.08 (0.25)0.01 (−0.08 to 0.11)0.78633−0.04 (0.22)0.06 (−0.05 to 0.17)0.277
Activity (MET-minutes)17−88.82 (407.53)16134.38 (518.16)223.2 (−106.68 to 553.08)0.17710307.50 (522.97)396.32 (24.92 to 767.72)0.037
Activity (VAS)18−4.83 (14.25)1711.35 (18.92)16.19 (4.71 to 27.66)0.0071012.11 (17.40)16.94 (4.06 to 29.83)0.012
Exacerbation (event per year)*750.57 (1.05)730.56 (1.11)0.99 (0.73 to 1.33)0.931380.84 (1.35)1.46 (1.06 to 2.01)0.021
Hospitalisation (events per year)*750.28 (0.69)730.22 (0.53)0.77 (0.51 to 1.16)0.204380.24 (0.59)0.82 (0.49 to 1.37)0.445
  • *These are the actual values rather than changes.

  • CRQ, Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire; EQ5D, EuroQol; ESWT, endurance shuttle walk test; HADS, hospital anxiety and depression score; MET, metabolic equivalents; R, pulmonary rehabilitation; VAS, visual analogue scale.