The effectiveness of functional task exercise and physical therapy as prevention of functional decline in community dwelling older people with complex health problems

Table 3 Daily functioning in the intention-to-treat analysis comparing the control group and PTT+ FTE, adjusted for age at screening, sex and baseline daily functioning

	Mean change in 1-year follow-up for control group (n = 228)	P-value	Extra mean change in combined PTT + FTE group compared to control group (n = 155)	P-value
GARS total score (95% CI)	3.3 (2.5; 4.1)	< 0.001	−2.5 (−4.3; − 0.6)	0.009
Modified Katz-15-score (95% CI)	0.7 (0.4; 0.9)	< 0.001	−0.8 (− 1.4; 0.3)	0.002

GARS = Groningen Activity Restriction Scale (higher scores indicate more disability), Modified Katz-15 = Katz Index of independence in ADL (higher sum scores indicate more problems in carrying out activities in daily living)

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