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Table 4 Secondary Outcome Measures 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 - MCP

Adjusted analysis a no MCP - MCP

 

N

Mean

SD

N

Mean

SD

Mean difference

95% CI

p-value

Mean difference

95% CI

p-value

BCSS

175

5.60

2.96

179

5.66

2.84

0.06

−0.55,0.66

0.8577

0.01

−0.54,0.56

0.978

Days in hospital b

258

15.95

16.49

264

16.98

18.04

   

1.07 c

0.91,1.24

0.4209

EQ-VAS

167

51.29

20.97

173

52.25

19.65

0.96

−3.37,5.29

0.6630

2.65

−2.35,7.65

0.297

EQ-5D Score

209

0.48

0.33

207

0.45

0.35

−0.03

−0.10,0.04

0.3720

−0.01

−0.07,0.06

0.886

  1. a difference adjusted to take into account baseline value and hospital site.
  2. b analysed with a negative binomial regression model.
  3. c Incidence Rate Ratio (IRR).