Effects of Ipratropium Bromide Combined with Traditional Chinese Medicine Intervention on the Pulmonary Function and Psychological Status of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Table 1

Effects of ipratropium bromide and combined intervention on the lung function of COPD patients.

Group	Cases (n)	FEV1 (L)		FEV1% pred (%)		FVC (L)		PEF (L/s)		BODE index
		BT	AT	BT	AT	BT	AT	BT	AT	BT	AT
Control	20	1.35 ± 0.22	1.42 ± 0.14^f	51.0 ± 4.0	54.1 ± 3.2^cf	2.58 ± 0.20	2.68 ± 0.22^f	7.63 ± 0.55	7.58 ± 0.48^f	6.52 ± 0.58	5.90 ± 0.55^cf
Ipratropium bromide	24	1.31 ± 0.27	1.65 ± 0.21^ad	51.3 ± 4.7	58.8 ± 2.9^ade	2.54 ± 0.18	1.96 ± 0.20^adf	7.64 ± 0.57	4.41 ± 0.35^ade	6.49 ± 0.61	4.65 ± 0.43^ade
Combined intervention	24	1.33 ± 0.21	1.76 ± 0.16^bd	52.7 ± 4.3	63.5 ± 3.3^bd	2.57 ± 0.19	1.60 ± 0.15^bd	7.70 ± 0.63	4.15 ± 0.33^bd	6.50 ± 0.55	4.15 ± 0.36^bd

BT, before treatment; AT, after treatment; compared with the control group, ^a < 0.05, ^b < 0.01; compared with itself before treatment, ^c < 0.05, ^d < 0.01; compared with the ipratropium bromide group, ^e < 0.05, ^f < 0.01.