Herbal Medicines for the Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Airway Diseases (Asthma or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease): A Prospective Observational Study
Table 6
Modified Borg Scale and mMRC before and after herbal medicine treatments.
Total (n = 24)
Asthma (n = 14)
COPD (n = 10)
Modified Borg scale
Baseline
2.17 (1.29, 3.04)
2.14 (0.72, 3.57)
2.20 (1.16, 3.24)
Week 4
1.50 (0.99, 2.02)
1.29 (0.53, 2.05)
1.80 (1.06, 2.54)
value
0.0829
0.1747
0.2100
Week 8
1.86 (1.20, 2.52)
1.62 (0.84, 2.39)
2.20 (-0.86, 3.54)
value
0.4233
0.3959
0.9999
Week 12
2.11 (1.47, 2.74)
2.26 (1.23, 3.29)
1.89 (1.14, 2.65)
value
0.8585
0.8368
0.3195
mMRC
Baseline
1.29 (0.91, 1.68)
1.07 (0.72, 1.43)
1.60 (0.76, 2.44)
Week 4
1.09 (0.80, 1.39)
0.81 (0.48, 1.13)
1.50 (0.99, 2.01)
value
0.2566
0.0562
0.7976
Week 8
1.18 (0.85, 1.52)
0.95 (0.60, 1.31)
1.50 (0.80, 2.20)
value
0.5389
0.5426
0.7804
Week 12
0.78 (0.51, 1.06)
0.71 (0.35, 1.07)
0.89 (0.49, 1.30)
value
0.0067
0.0910
0.0269
Data are presented as mean (95% CI). value by paired t-test (,).
