Table 3 Likert categories from care team (overall change)
From: An evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Indicator of Relative Need (IoRN) instrument
Much worse N = 0 | Worse N = 3 | Slightly worse N = 1 | No change N = 13 | Slightly better N = 25 | Better N = 8 | Much better N = 6 | R (P for trend) a N = 56 | |
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Barthel difference (SD) | – | −8.0 (9.2) | −5.0 (−) | 0.5 (1.2) | 1.5 (3.2) | 1.9 (1.8) | 0.7 (2.0) | 0.31 (0.02) |
NEADL difference (SD) | – | 27 (12) | 11 (−) | 1 (10) | −1 (10) | −7 (10) | −7 (15) | −0.39 (0.003) |
TDS difference (SD) | – | 4.7 (0.6) | 1 (−) | 0.9 (2.0) | 0.8 (2.5) | −1.4 (2.9) | −3.4 (5.3) | −0.44 (0.001) |
IoRN ADL difference (SD) | – | 4.7 (0.6) | 0.0 (−) | 0.1 (0.7) | −0.7 (2.0) | −0.5 (0.8) | 0.2 (0.4) | −0.26 (0.05) |
IoRN personal care difference (SD) | – | 18.0 (4.4) | 3.0 (−) | −0.6 (4.7) | −2.8 (4.9) | −4.4 (4.7) | −5.7 (6.1) | −0.51 (<0.001) |
IoRN category change | – | 3/3 worse category | 0/1 worse category | 10/13 same category | 10/25 better category | 6/8 better category | 3/6 better category | – |