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Table 3 Primary Outcome measure results

From: Evaluation of the effectiveness of manual chest physiotherapy techniques on quality of life at six months post exacerbation of COPD (MATREX): a randomised controlled equivalence trial

 

MCP arm

No MCP arm

Unadjusted analysis no MCP versus MCP

Adjusted analysis ano MCP versus MCP

 

N

Mean

SD

N

Mean

SD

Mean difference

95% CI

p-value

Mean difference

95% CI

p-value

SGRQ -Total score

186

63.88

19.05

186

63.52

19.68

−0.36

−4.31,3.59

0.8573

0.51

−2.67,3.69

0.753

Effect size

      

−0.02

−0.22,0.19

 

0.03

−0.14,0.19

 

SGRQ -Symptom score

186

68.38

23.13

186

68.40

23.01

0.02

−4.68,4.73

0.9925

0.87

−3.50,5.25

0.695

Effect size

      

0.00

−0.20,0.21

 

0.04

−0.15,0.23

 

SGRQ -Activity score

188

82.49

18.81

187

80.91

19.74

−1.58

−5.50,2.34

0.4279

−0.36

−3.76,3.04

0.836

Effect size

      

−0.08

−0.29,0.12

 

−0.02

−0.20,0.16

 

SGRQ -Impact score

188

51.53

22.58

187

51.60

22.50

0.07

−4.51,4.65

0.9752

0.43

−3.29,4.14

0.822

Effect size

      

0.00

−0.20,0.2

 

0.02

−0.15,0.18

 
  1. a difference adjusted to take into account baseline value and hospital site.