Table 1 Characteristics of study participants before and after treatment
From: Randomized trial of acupoints herbal patching in Sanfu Days for asthma in clinical remission stage
Variable | Before treatment | After treatment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acupoints herbal patching mean (SD) | Placebo mean (SD) | P | Acupoints herbal patching mean (SD) | Placebo mean (SD) | P | |
Age–year | 44.28 ± 17.15 | 44.53 ± 17.83 | 0.90 | |||
Gender—no. (%) | ||||||
Male | 73 (44.24) | 69 (43.67) | 0.92 | |||
Female | 92 (55.76) | 89 (56.32) | ||||
Duration of asthma—year | 21.13 ± 21.08 | 22.74 ± 22.68 | 0.51 | |||
Asthma-related symptoms—no. of days in previous 1 yeara | 10.25 ± 12.26 | 7.97 ± 10.94 | 0.08 | |||
Asthma-related symptoms—no. of days during the treatment | 2.58 ± 0.47 | 2.68 ± 0.48 | 0.88 | |||
Lung function | ||||||
FEV1 | 2.13 ± 1.08 | 2.07 ± 1.00 | 0.57 | 2.04 ± 0.41 | 2.12 ± 0.42 | 0.14 |
FEV1: FVC × 100 | 85.97 ± 13.85 | 86.25 ± 13.93 | 0.86 | 87.36 ± 0.66 | 87.20 ± 0.67 | 0.87 |
Asthma-related health care use—no. (%) | ||||||
≥1 admit to A&Eb | 48 (29) | 46 (29) | 1.00 | 4 (3) | 3 (3) | 0.73 |
≥1 hospitalization | 26 (16) | 29 (18) | 0.54 | 3 (2) | 2 (2) | 0.68 |
≥1 outpatient visit | 134 (81) | 134 (84) | 0.39 | 13(12) | 14 (12) | 0.77 |
≥1 prescription | 139 (84) | 136 (86) | 0.64 | 65 (53) | 57 (48) | 0.44 |
≥1 by own medication | 34 (21) | 24 (15) | 0.21 | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 0.97 |
≥1 didn’t need treatment | 26 (16) | 17 (11) | 0.19 | 8 (7) | 6 (5) | 0.63 |
The frequency of bronchodilator during asthma attack—no. (%) | 0.21 | 0.72 | ||||
More than twice per day | 37 (22) | 29 (18) | 13 (11) | 13 (11) | ||
Once to twice per day | 50 (30) | 62 (39) | 34 (28) | 33 (28) | ||
2–3 times per week | 12 (7) | 18 (11) | 3 (2) | 2 (2) | ||
Less than once per week | 48 (29) | 36 (23) | 13 (11) | 7 (6) | ||
Never | 18 (11) | 13 (8) | 60 (49) | 64 (54) | ||
Symptoms which frequently appeared in asthma participants—no. of symptomsc | 9.12 ± 4.28 | 9.22 ± 4.18 | 0.83 | 3.92 ± 0.34 | 4.01 ± 0.37 | 0.85 |