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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Early pulmonary rehabilitation, compared with usual care, led to significant improvements in median incremental shuttle walk distance (60 metres, 95 % confidence interval 26. 6 metres to 93. 4 metres, P = 0. 0002), mean SGRQ total score (-12. 7, -5. 0 to -20. 3, P = 0. 002), all four domains of the CRQ (dyspnoea 5. 5, 2. 0 to 9. 0, P = 0. 003 ; fatigue 5. 3, 1. 9 to 8. 8, P = 0. 004 ; emotion 8. 7, 2. 4 to 15. 0, P = 0. 008 ; and mastery 7. 5, 4. 2 to 10. 7, P < 0. 001) and the mental component score of the SF-36 (20. 1, 3. 3 to 36. 8, P = 0. 02).