Table 3—

St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ), Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) and Transition Dyspnea Index (TDI) focal score results at the end of the trial in the ipratropium and tiotropium groups

IpratropiumTiotropiumDifference95% CIp-value
SGRQ
 Symptoms50.47±1.4947.32±1.07−3.15±1.73−6.55–0.260.070
 Activities56.21±1.1755.07±0.84−1.14±1.36−3.82–1.530.401
 Impacts35.23±1.1430.95±0.81−4.28±1.32−6.87–−1.680.001
 Total44.20±0.9740.90±0.69−3.30±1.13−5.51–−1.090.004
SF-36
 Physical function52.20±1.4054.32±1.002.11±1.62−1.08–5.300.194
 Role physical49.46±2.8856.62±2.057.16±3.340.59–13.730.033
 Bodily pain76.57±1.6979.47±1.212.89±1.96−0.96–6.750.141
 General physical health47.01±1.2949.89±0.922.88±1.50−0.06–5.820.055
 Physical health summary38.49±0.5940.16±0.421.68±0.690.33–3.020.015
 Vitality57.56±1.2560.35±0.892.79±1.45−0.06–5.640.055
 Social function74.68±1.7576.07±1.251.39±2.02−2.59–5.370.493
 Role emotional63.86±2.9570.29±2.106.44±3.42−0.28–13.150.060
 General mental health75.40±1.1776.12±0.840.71±1.36−1.96–3.390.600
 Mental health summary50.90±0.7051.82±0.500.93±0.82−0.68–2.530.258
TDI
 Focal score−0.44±0.230.46±0.160.90±0.260.37–1.410.001
  • Data are presented as mean±sem or range

  • CI: confidence interval