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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: After treatment for 4 months and follow-up for 6 months, there were differences between the experimental and control group in frequency of acute exacerbation (ITT : P = 0. 007, P = 0. 013 ; PP : P = 0. 045, P = 0. 046) ; duration of acute exacerbation (ITT : P = 0. 030, P = 0. 005 ; PP : P = 0. 048, P = 0. 006) ; scores of symptoms (ITT : P = 0. 000, P = 0. 000 ; PP : P = 0. 000, P = 0. 000) ; six-minute walking distance (ITT : P = 0. 002, P = 0. 001 ; PP : P = 0. 002, P = 0. 001) ; dyspnea grade (ITT : P = 0. 014, P = 0. 009 ; PP : P = 0. 018, P = 0. 012) ; physiological aspects (ITT : P = 0. 003, P = 0. 000 ; PP : P = 0. 001, P = 0. 000) ; psychological aspects (ITT : P = 0. 007, P = 0. 001 ; PP : P = 0. 001, P = 0. 000) and environment aspects (ITT : P = 0. 003, P = 0. 000 ; PP : P = 0. 001, P = 0. 000) of the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire.