Effectiveness of a Chinese herbal medicine preparation in the treatment of cough in uncomplicated upper respiratory tract infection: a randomised double-blinded placebo-control trial

Cough

Table 5 Change of LCQ scoresafter taking either the TCM preparation or placebo in the studied patients

	Study Group
	TCM group (N = 41)	Placebo group (N = 40)
Symptom	Difference between D7 and D1	Difference between D7 and D1	P value¹ (D7–D1)
Q1 chest/stomach pain	0.41	0.65	0.489
Q2 sputum	0.24	0.70	0.260
Q3 tired	0.95	1.60	0.169
Q4 felt in control	1.05	1.10	0.908
Q5 felt embarrassed	0.80	0.53	0.488
Q6 felt anxious	0.59	0.75	0.626
Q7 interfered with daily activities	0.73	0.68	0.899
Q8 interfered with life enjoyment	0.88	0.95	0.848
Q9 paints/fumes	0.00	0.68	0.067
Q10 sleep	0.76	1.35	0.169
Q11 coughing bouts	0.32	1.18	0.027*
Q12 felt frustrated	0.54	0.63	0.808
Q13 felt fed up	0.78	0.90	0.777
Q14 hoarse voice	1.32	1.25	0.863
Q15 energy	0.95	0.45	0.066
Q16 worry	0.73	0.88	0.642
Q17 concern with other people	0.88	0.60	0.404
Q18 conversation	0.46	0.90	0.267
Q19 annoyed friends	0.80	0.88	0.853
Physical Domain	0.62	0.98	0.161
Psychological Domain	0.77	0.77	0.996
Social Domain	0.72	0.85	0.683
Total Score	2.11	2.60	0.543