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Table 4 Primary outcome: wellbeing at 2-4 weeks (T1)

From: A non-randomised controlled study to assess the effectiveness of a new proactive multidisciplinary care intervention for older people living with frailty

 

Intervention group

(N=199)

Control group

(N=54)

P-valuea

Difference in total IPOS score between T0 & T1

 Median (IQR)

-5 (-11 to 0)

2 (-1 to 5)

<0.001*

 Mean ±SD

-5.3 ±8.2

1.8 ±4.9

<0.001*

 Min – max

-32 to 14

-8 to 17

 

 Missing (%)

35 (17.6)

0 (0.0)

 

Difference in Physical IPOS score between T0 & T1

 Median (IQR)

-1 (-4 to 2)

-0.5 (-2 to 2)

0.035*

 Mean ±SD

-1.5 ±4.7

0 ±3.0

0.040*

 Min – max

-15 to 11

-8 to 7

 

 Missing (%)

32 (16.1)

0 (0.0)

 

Difference in Psychological IPOS score between T0 & T1

 Median (IQR)

-1 (-4 to 1)

2 (0 to 3)

<0.001*

 Mean ±SD

-1.5 ±3.6

1.1 ±2.6

<0.001*

 Min – max

-11 to 7

-7 to 6

 

 Missing (%)

23 (11.6)

0 (0.0)

 

Difference in Communication/practical IPOS score between T0 & T1

 Median (IQR)

-2 (-4 to 0)

1 (-1 to 2)

<0.001*

 Mean ±SD

-2.2 ±3.2

0.7 ±2.3

<0.001*

 Missing (%)

23 (11.6)

8 (14.8)

 
  1. ap-value of: t-test for comparing means & SDs, and Mann-Whitney test for comparing medians &IQRs
  2. *significance level at 0.05
  3. negative IPOS score values represent improvement