Evaluation of Inflammatory Markers in Patients Undergoing a Short-Term Aerobic Exercise Program while Hospitalized due to Acute Exacerbation of COPD

Table 5

Comparison of evaluation moments and groups in relation to SGRQ and dyspnea score.

N = 26	Control group (N = 13)		Intervention group (N = 13)		time	group	TxG
	Hospitalization	After one month	Hospitalization	After one month
Activity	85.8 ± 3.9	63.0 ± 6.4	91.5 ± 3.7	66.3 ± 6.1	<0.001	0.53	0.84
Impact	46.5 ± 5.5	31.7 ± 5.2	60.6 ± 5.3	31.8 ± 5.2	0.02	0.36	0.20
Symptom	72.8 ± 4.7	63.8 ± 4.7	79.2 ± 4.5	50.5 ± 4.5	0.001	0.38	0.04
Total	62.7 ± 4.5	47.9 ± 5.0	73.0 ± 4.3	44.5 ± 4.8	<0.001	0.57	0.21

Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. SGRQ, Saint George’s Respiratory Questionnaire, comparison evaluated by the two-way ANOVA test with repeated measures.