TABLE 3.
St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) and 12 min walk data before, immediately following and six months after pulmonary rehabilitation
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Standard rehabilitation program |
Telehealth rehabilitation program |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before (n=262) | After (n=232) | After (imputed) (n=262*) | 6 months after (n=88) | Before (n=147) | After (n=121) | After (imputed) (n=147*) | 6 months after (n=47) | |
| SGRQ | ||||||||
| Symptoms | 57.9±20.3 | 56.3±19.9† | 54.8±22.0† | 46.5±23.0† | 61.4±18.7 | 58.8±18.1 | 59.6±17.8† | 56.5±19.1 |
| Activities | 62.2±20.2 | 61.2±19.6† | 58.1±21.5† | 54.9±23.2 | 66.9±19.3‡ | 61.9±19.8† | 62.7±20.3†‡ | 62.7±22.6 |
| Impacts | 31.9±18.5 | 30.1±17.8† | 27.4±17.9† | 25.8±17.8† | 38.7±19.4‡ | 32.1±17.6†‡ | 33.6±18.7†‡ | 30.0±14.7† |
| Total | 45.4±17.1 | 39.2±16.4† | 41.3±17.5† | 38.1±18.2† | 50.9±16.2‡ | 45.5±16.2†‡ | 46.8±16.7†‡ | 44.6±15.4† |
| Before (n=244) | After (n=237) | After (imputed) (n=244*) | 6 months after (n=128) | Before (n=146) | After (n=121) | After (imputed) (n=146*) | 6 months after (n=35) | |
| 12 min walk | 592.0±222.7 | 685.8±232.1† | 689.6±232.8† | 612.7±214.2 | 548.6±242.0‡ | 665.6±260.2†‡ | 630.8±265.2†‡ | 621.91±238.6 |
Data presented as mean ± SD.
*
Missing scores were given the same value as obtained before pulmonary rehabilitation (ie, intention-to-treat analysis).
†
P<0.05 versus before rehabilitation;
‡
P<0.05 versus Standard program