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Characteristics of participants and dropouts in two study groups |
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| Participants |
Dropouts |
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| TCM group N (%) |
Placebo group N (%) |
TCM group N (%) |
Placebo group N (%) |
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| Characteristic |
N = 41 |
N = 40 |
N = 11 |
N = 8 |
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| Sex |
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| Male |
8 (19.5) |
5(12.5) |
3 (27) |
2 (25) |
| Female |
33 (80.5) |
35 (87.5) |
8 (73) |
6 (75) |
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| Marital status |
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| Single |
16 (39.0) |
12 (30.0) |
2 (18) |
4 (50) |
| Married |
25 (61.0) |
28 (70.0) |
9 (82) |
4 (50) |
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| Education level |
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| < Primary level |
5 (12.2) |
3 (7.5) |
1 (9) |
0 |
| < F.5 |
5 (12.2) |
3 (7.5) |
6(55) |
5(63) |
| > F.5 |
16 (39.0) |
17 (42.5) |
1(9) |
0 |
| University level or above |
15 (36.6) |
17 (42.5) |
3(27) |
3(37) |
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| Status |
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| HA/CU staff |
36 (87.8) |
38 (95.0) |
11 (100) |
8 (100) |
| Dependant of HA/CU staff |
5 (12.2) |
1 (2.5) |
0 |
0 |
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| Occupation |
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| HA staff: |
36 (44.4) |
39 (48.1) |
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| Nurses |
8 (19.5) |
11 (27.5) |
2(18) |
1 (12) |
| Allied health |
5 (12.2) |
4 (10) |
1(9) |
3(38) |
| Technician/Researcher |
2 (4.9) |
3 (7.5) |
0 |
0 |
| HCA (Health Care Assistant) |
2 (4.9) |
1 (2.5) |
1(9) |
0 |
| GSA/WS/Workman |
9 (22.0) |
5 (12.5) |
2(18) |
1(12) |
| Administration/Clerk |
8 (19.5) |
8 (20.0) |
4(37) |
2(26) |
| Medical student |
2 (4.9) |
5 (12.5) |
1(9) |
1(12) |
| Retired |
0 (0) |
1 (2.5) |
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| Chaplin |
0 (0) |
1 (2.5) |
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| Dependent of HA/CU staff |
5 (6.2) |
1 (1.2) |
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| Non-health professional |
2 (4.9) |
1 (2.5) |
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| White collar |
1 (2.4) |
0(0) |
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| Student |
2 (4.9) |
0(0) |
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| Baseline |
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| Mean (SD) |
Mean (SD) |
Mean (SD) |
Mean (SD) |
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| Age |
36.0 (10.9) |
35.4 (8.5) |
37.1(8.8) |
31.8(5.8) |
| Days of cough onset for this episode |
3.7 (2.6) |
4.3 (6.5) |
2.9(1.7) |
1.6(0.7) |
| Height (cm) |
159 (6.9) |
158.9 (9.0) |
159.7(8.0) |
162.3(3.3) |
| Weight (kg) |
58.7 (11.8) |
56.1 (8.7) |
60.8(11.9) |
56.9(7.1) |
| SBP (mmHg) |
125.5 (16.3) |
121.3 (16.8) |
131.4(12.0) |
123.9(11.4) |
| DBP (mmHg) |
73.6 (12.1) |
69.8 (9.3) |
79.3(11.0) |
72.5(7.5) |
| Pulse/min |
79.5 (9.6) |
77.2 (11.7) |
84.4(9.0) |
73.8(8.3) |
| Temperature (°C) |
36.5 (0.4) |
36.5 (0.4) |
36.5(0.5) |
36.6(0.3) |
WCW et al. Cough 2006 2:5 doi:10.1186/1745-9974-2-5 |
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