Table 3.
Comparison of secondary outcomes: breathlessness and smoking. Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise
| Characteristic | Baseline | 6 months | 12 months | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telephone health coaching | Usual care | Telephone health coaching | Usual care | Odds ratio (95% CI)* | P value | Telephone health coaching | Usual care | Odds ratio (95% CI)* | P value | |||
| MRC Dyspnoea scale score: | 0.8 (0.6 to 1.2) | 0.39 | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.5) | 0.79 | ||||||||
| 1 | 89 (31) | 76 (26) | 77 (32) | 84 (32) | 69 (31) | 74 (28) | ||||||
| 2 | 200 (69) | 212 (74) | 137 (58) | 158 (60) | 137 (61) | 163 (61) | ||||||
| 3 | NA | NA | 14 (6) | 18 (7) | 16 (7) | 27 (10) | ||||||
| 4 | NA | NA | 8 (3) | 5 (2) | 4 (2) | 5 (2) | ||||||
| 5 | NA | NA | 1 (<1) | 0 (NA) | 0 (NA) | 0 (NA) | ||||||
| Quit smoking† | 75 (26) | 55 (19) | 14 (22) | 9 (18) | NA | 0.60 | 7 (13) | 13 (25) | NA | 0.11 | ||
NA=not applicable.
*
Telephone health coaching compared with usual care (odds ratio >1 favours telephone health coaching).
†
Baseline data are reported as current smokers at baseline. Only patients who reported they were current smokers at baseline were included in the analyses on quitting smoking at 6 and 12 months.