Table 2.
Patients for whom quality of life had improved, been maintained or deteriorated at the end of treatment (T5), follow-up 1 and follow-up 2.a
| Group | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| AQLQ mean score | Spiritual healing | Sham healing | Control |
| Improvement change ≥0.5 | |||
| End of treatment | 42.0 (10) | 43.0 (12) | 28.6 (8) |
| Follow up 1 | 41.0 (9) | 61.0 (14) | 40.9 (9) |
| Follow up 2 | 38.0 (8) | 32.0 (9) | 34.6 (9) |
| Maintenance change > −0.5 to <0.5 | |||
| End of treatment | 50.0 (12) | 50.0 (14) | 60.7 (17) |
| Follow up 1 | 50.0 (11) | 26.0 (6) | 40.9 (9) |
| Follow up 2 | 38 (8) | 54.0 (15) | 46.2 (12) |
| Deterioration change ≥ −0.5 | |||
| End of treatment | 8.0 (2) | 7.0 (2) | 10.7 (3) |
| Follow up 1 | 9.0 (2) | 13.0 (3) | 18.2 (4) |
| Follow up 2 | 24.0 (5) | 14.0 (4) | 19.2 (5) |
| Missing data | |||
| End of treatment | 11.0 (3) | 6.0 (2) | 9.7 (3) |
| Follow-up 1 | 19 (5) | 23 (7) | 29.0 (9) |
| Follow-up 2 | 22 (6) | 7.0 (2) | 16.1 (5) |
| Net improversb | |||
| End of treatment | 34.0 | 36.0 | 17.9 |
| Follow-up 1 | 32.0 | 48.0 | 22.7 |
| Follow-up 2 | 14.0 | 18.0 | 15.4 |
a
Data are presented as %. Analysis used the mean changes from baseline two.
b
% showing improvement minus % showing deterioration. AQLQ = Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire.