St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire

LAMA/LABA group

(n = 19)

Control group

(n = 17)

COPD group

(n = 18)

p value

LAMA/LABA vs Control

COPD vs Control

Preoperative baseline

Symptoms score

20.7 ± 16.1

10.9 ± 12.3

30.0 ± 17.6

0.0773

0.0012

Activity score

27.0 ± 18.0

27.4 ± 33.1

36.2 ± 20.4

0.9703

0.3386

Impacts score

17.0 ± 13.1

16.9 ± 21.7

18.9 ± 12.0

0.9960

0.7448

Total score

22.2 ± 11.3

15.2 ± 19.4

26.3 ± 13.5

0.2490

0.0617

Postoperative 1 week

Symptoms score

20.7 ± 15.6

10.9 ± 12.3

30.0 ± 17.6

0.0713

0.0010

Activity score

49.3 ± 25.0

58.9 ± 25.0

55.6 ± 26.1

0.3025

0.7481

Impacts score

28.1 ± 19.3

28.7 ± 11.8

31.0 ± 16.2

0.9156

0.7268

Total score

32.8 ± 16.3

35.2 ± 11.2

39.2 ± 17.7

0.6626

0.5420

Postoperative 4 weeks

Symptoms score

20.0 ± 16.0

10.9 ± 12.3

27.4 ± 14.4

0.1361

0.0026

Activity score

49.9 ± 18.4

57.9 ± 13.6

51.9 ± 25.7

0.3544

0.5071

Impacts score

27.9 ± 3.1

34.0 ± 12.5

31.3 ± 27.4

0.5316

0.7872

Total score

33.8 ± 18.0

37.0 ± 8.0

37.2 ± 22.9

0.7050

0.9883