Table 3.

Scoring of the symptoms during the 12-week treatment

Time	Symptom score	Conventional nebulization N (%)	Smart nebulization N (%)	Total N (%)	P-value
Day-time during the 1st week	0	3 (8.57)	1 (3.33)	4 (6.15)	0.911
	1	15 (42.86)	14 (46.67)	29 (44.62)
	2	14 (40.00)	15 (50.00)	29 (44.62)
	3	3 (8.57)	0 (0.00)	3 (4.62)
Night-time during the 1st week	0	8 (22.86)	7 (23.33)	15 (23.08)	0.865
	1	14 (40.00)	10 (33.33)	24 (36.92)
	2	10 (28.57)	11 (36.67)	21 (32.31)
	3	3 (8.57)	2 (6.67)	5 (7.69)
Day-time during the 4th week	0	9 (25.71)	14 (46.67)	23 (35.38)	0.032
	1	9 (25.71)	8 (26.67)	17 (26.15)
	2	12 (34.29)	7 (23.33)	19 (29.23)
	3	5 (14.29)	1 (3.33)	6 (9.23)
Night-time during the 4th week	0	10 (28.57)	15 (50.00)	25 (38.46)	0.037
	1	12 (34.29)	9 (30.00)	21 (32.31)
	2	10 (28.57)	6 (20.00)	16 (24.62)
	3	3 (8.57)	0 (0.00)	3 (4.62)
Day-time during the 8th week	0	9 (25.71)	17 (56.67)	26 (40.00)	0.030
	1	11 (31.43)	5 (16.67)	16 (24.62)
	2	9 (25.71)	6 (20.00)	15 (23.08)
	3	6 (17.14)	2 (6.67)	8 (12.31)
Night-time during the 8th week	0	11 (31.43)	16 (53.33)	27 (41.54)	0.046
	1	11 (31.43)	10 (33.33)	21 (32.31)
	2	10 (28.57)	2 (6.67)	12 (18.46)
	3	3 (8.57)	2 (6.67)	5 (7.69)
Day-time during the 12th week	0	15 (42.86)	18 (60.00)	33 (50.77)	0.031
	1	5 (14.29)	7 (23.33)	12 (18.46)
	2	6 (17.14)	3 (10.00)	9 (13.85)
	3	9 (25.71)	2 (6.67)	11 (16.92)
Night-time during the 12th week	0	15 (42.86)	19 (63.33)	34 (52.31)	0.044
	1	7 (20.00)	6 (20.00)	13 (20.00)
	2	8 (22.86)	4 (13.33)	12 (18.46)
	3	5 (14.29)	1 (3.33)	6 (9.23)