Table 2. Quality of life before and after education.

Disease		Before education	After education	After-before	P value	Improving more than MCID, No. (%)
ACT* for asthma subjects	N	158	158	158
	Mean ± SD	16.6 ± 4.6	19.8 ± 4.1	3.2 ± 4.6	< 0.01	79 (49.7)
CAT* for COPD subjects	N	127	127	127
	Mean ± SD	19.9 ± 9.7	15.4 ± 9.2	- 4.4 ± 9.6	< 0.01	65 (51.2)

MICD, minimum clinically important difference; ACT, asthma control test; SD, standard deviation; CAT, COPD assessment test; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

^*ACT and CAT total score.