TABLE 4.
Patient health-related quality of life 6 months after presentation to the clinic
| Patients | Summary statistics | |
| MCIDs reached | ||
| MCID LCQ +1.3 reached | 806 | |
| No | 287 (35.6) | |
| Yes | 519 (64.4) | |
| MCID NRS-cough −2.0 reached | 1734 | |
| No | 854 (49.3) | |
| Yes | 880 (50.7) | |
| MCID LCQ and/or NRS-cough reached | 712# | |
| LCQ not reached and NRS-cough not reached | 192 (27.0) | |
| LCQ reached and NRS-cough not reached | 146 (20.5) | |
| LCQ not reached and NRS-cough reached | 68 (9.6) | |
| LCQ reached and NRS-cough reached | 306 (43.0) | |
| Any MCID reached | 712# | |
| No | 192 (27.0) | |
| Yes | 520 (73.0) | |
| Residual burden of cough | ||
| LCQ <13 and/or NRS-cough >5 | 909 | |
| No | 554 (60.9) | |
| Yes | 355 (39.1) | |
| Effectiveness of treatment | ||
| Treatment effectiveness | 712# | |
| No MCID and R-cough | 126 (17.7) | |
| No MCID and no R-cough | 66 (9.3) | |
| Any MCID and R-cough | 144 (20.2) | |
| Any MCID and no R-cough | 376 (52.8) | |
| Treatment effectiveness | 712# | |
| Not effective | 336 (47.2) | |
| Effective | 376 (52.8) |
Data are presented as n or n (%). MCID: minimal clinically important difference; LCQ: Leicester Cough Questionnaire; NRS-cough: Cough Numeric Rating Scale; R-cough: remaining cough. #: all patients included in the trial, regardless of available diagnosis data.