| Intervention group (Mean ± SD) | Control group (Mean ± SD) | p-value of changec | ||||||
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Baseline | Follow-up | p-valuea | Changeb (95% CI) | Baseline | Follow-up | p-valuea | Changeb (95% CI) | Â | |
Number of asthma attacks | 0.77 ± 2.43 | 0.27 ± 0.91 | 0.029 | −0.5 (−0.86, − 0.14) | 0.24 ± 0.63 | 0.12 ± 0.54 | 0.07 | −0.12 (− 0.24, 0) | 0.049 |
Hospitalizations | 0.03 ± 0.28 | 0 ± 0 | 0.207 | −0.03 (0.08, 0.02) | 0.006 ± 0.08 | 0.006 ± 0.08 | 1 | 0 (−0.02,0.02) | 0.235 |
Emergency room visits | 0.05 ± 0.24 | 0.03 ± 0.17 | 0.559 | −0.02 (− 0.06, 0.03) | 0.05 ± 0.25 | 0.06 ± 0.44 | 0.756 | 0.13 (−0.06, 0.09) | 0.530 |
PH score | 72.69 ± 20.38 | 89.53 ± 11.76 | < 0.001 | 16.76 (13.79, 19.73) | 76.15 ± 19.08 | 90.74 ± 12.09 | < 0.001 | 14.86 (12.17, 17.55) | 0.351 |
AC score | 85.26 ± 23.31 | 92.65 ± 15.01 | 0.003 | 7.39 (3.58, 11.21) | 88.75 ± 20.84 | 93.87 ± 13.2 | 0.009 | 5.13 (1.95, 8.30) | 0.366 |
AF score | 85.78 ± 18.33 | 91.34 ± 17.32 | 0.013 | 5.5 (2.67, 8.34) | 88.41 ± 16.06 | 91.60 ± 14.38 | 0.06 | 3.28 (1.17, 5.39) | 0.215 |
EC score | 69.23 ± 33.56 | 80.92 ± 26.37 | 0.002 | 11.69 (6.86, 16.52) | 68.5 ± 35.06 | 80.31 ± 28.3 | 0.001 | 11.70 (6.92, 16.48) | 0.999 |
EF score | 62.34 ± 17 | 70.98 ± 13.06 | < 0.001 | 8.63 (5.77, 11.51) | 60.73 ± 18.27 | 66.31 ± 14.08 | 0.002 | 5.57 (3.28, 7.87) | 0.1 |