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Table 3 Changes in older adults’ functional outcomes during a TCP

From: Using comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults undertaking a facility-based transition care program to evaluate functional outcomes: a feasibility study

Domains

Outcome

Admission

Discharge

p-value

Physical

Modified Barthel Indexa

71.50 (16.00)

76.50 (14.00)

0.008c

de Morton Mobility Indexa

41.50 (23.00)

55.00 (24.00)

0.011c

Timed Up and Goa

25.16 s (23.37)d

21.88 s (15.47)d

0.859

10m Walk Testa

0.40 m/s (0.27)d

0.52 m/s (0.15)d

0.008c

Social

Lawton scalea

6 (2)

4 (4)

0.013c

EQ-5D-5L index valueb (mean ± SD)

0.63 ± 0.28

0.64 ± 0.27

0.751

EQ-5D-5L health state scoreb (mean ± SD)

59.00 ± 21.71

78.00 ± 16.02

0.007c

Emotional

Patient Health Questionnaire-9a (mean ± SD)

5.60 ± 6.74

3.80 ± 5.16

0.100

Geriatric Depression Scalea

4.00 (2.00)

1.50 (1.00)

0.011c

Cognitive

Mini Mental State Examinationa

27.50 (1.00)

28.50 (5.00)

0.277

Montreal Cognitive Assessmenta

24.00 (6.00)

25.50 (4.00)

0.292

  1. SD Standard deviation, IQR Interquartile range, EQ-5D-5L Five-level version of EuroQOL five-dimensional health-related quality of life. Data reported as median (IQR) unless otherwise stated
  2. aWilcoxon signed rank test used
  3. bpaired-t test used
  4. cp < 0.05
  5. ddata collected for n = 9 participants only on admission and discharge, as one participant was non-ambulant