Table 3.
Health measurements among the 289 participants at baseline and for the 102 participants who completed the study
| 289 participants at baseline | 102 participants who completed the study* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Follow-up | p value for change | ||
| Presence of following symptoms in past year (n (%)) | ||||
| Wheezing or whistling in chest | 67 (23.2) | 28 (27.5) | 16 (15.7) | 0.011 |
| Waking up with a feeling of tightness in chest first thing in the morning | 54 (18.7) | 23 (22.5) | 15 (14.7) | 0.185 |
| Attack of shortness of breath that came on during the day when not doing anything demanding physically | 43 (14.9) | 18 (17.6) | 12 (11.8) | 0.210 |
| Attack of shortness of breath that came on after stopped exercising | 57 (19.7) | 22 (21.6) | 15 (14.7) | 0.210 |
| Waking up at night by an attack of shortness of breath | 26 (9.0) | 13 (12.7) | 9 (8.8) | 0.424 |
| Presence of ≥ 1 asthma symptom(s) (n (%)) | 120 (41.5) | 47 (46.1) | 33 (32.4) | 0.013 |
| Self-rated health (n (%)) | ||||
| Poor or fair | 77 (26.6) | 29 (28.4) | 21 (20.6) | 0.144 |
| Good, very good, or excellent | 204 (70.6) | 72 (70.6) | 80 (78.4) | |
| Psychological distress (mean (se)) | 8.3 (0.3) | 8.3 (0.5) | 5.9 (0.5) | < 0.001 |
| Serious psychological distress (n (%)) | 69 (23.9) | 25 (24.5) | 11 (10.8) | 0.009 |
| Perceived stress in daily life (mean (se)) | 17.9 (0.4) | 16.9 (0.6) | 15.5 (0.6) | 0.023 |
| Mastery (mean (se)) | 23.1 (0.3) | 23.4 (0.5) | 24.9 (0.5) | 0.003 |
*p values generated from marginal homogeneity tests for categorical variables, and paired t tests for continuous variables