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. 2012 Nov 13;12:69. doi: 10.1186/1471-2466-12-69

Table 2.

Response to intervention

  Singing group (n=13) Control group (n=11) p value
Breath hold time (s)
−1.64 (4.1)
2.39 (7.8)
0.14
Single breath counting
1.5 (7.1)
7.0 (7.8)
0.15
HAD anxiety
−0.8 (3.6)
−0.9 (2.3)
0.89
HAD depression
−1.3 (3.8)
−0.7 (1.6)
0.49
CAT
−1.1 (8.3)
0.7 (5.6)
0.44
SF36 PCS
12.9 (19.0)
−2.5 (11.9)
0.02*
SF36 MCS
9.3 (25.3)
4.3 (9.0)
0.41
ISWT (m)
−7.2 (46.1)
14.5 (38.0)
0.22
Steps (steps per day)
−763 (1647)
1011 (1003)
0.14
Sedentary time (minutes per day)
−35.9 (127.3)
−27.3 (67.0)
0.66
Physical activity duration (PAD) (minutes per day)
−92.7 (216.9)
49.5 (40.9)
0.16
Active energy expenditure (AEE) (KJ per day) −144.2 (436.0) 228.8 (146.3) 0.19

FEV1 forced expiratory volume in one second; CAT, COPD assessment test score; HAD, hospital anxiety and depression score; SF-36 short form 36 health status score; PCS, physical component score; MCS, mental component score; ISWT incremental shuttle walk test; HR, heart rate. (*p<0.05).