Table 4.
Primary and secondary outcome measures during 3 time points by study group—intention-to-treat analysis.
| Outcome | Waiting-list group, mean (SD) | Intervention group, mean (SD) | |||||||||||
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T0 | T1 | T2 | T0 | T1 | T2 | |||||||
| Primary outcome | |||||||||||||
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Leakages per week | 3.81 (3.03)a | 3.24 (2.62)b | 2.71 (2.34)a | 3.78 (2.67)c | 3.95 (2.83)d | 3.83 (2.81)d | ||||||
| Secondary outcomes: continence care | |||||||||||||
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Incontinence material changes per week | 20.94 (6.29)a | 19.46 (6.73)b | 18.14 (5.59)a | 20.29 (4.28)c | 16.36 (4.48)d | 15.71 (4.88)d | ||||||
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Duration (min) per incontinence material change | 15.60 (5.63)a | 15.63 (6.65)b | 14.56 (6.66)a | 12.12 (7.70)c | 13.10 (7.82)d | 12.19 (7.72)d | ||||||
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Duration (min) for continence care per week | 318.36 (127.61)a | 292.60 (125.30)b | 257.60 (130.22)a | 238.15 (146.31)c | 208.74 (138.81)d | 185.52 (117.55)d | ||||||
| Secondary outcomes: quality of life | |||||||||||||
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Subjective well-being (MIPQe) | 47.64 (12.18)f | N/Ag | 48.39 (12.25)h | 50.16, (11.69)i | N/A | 47.98 (11.22)j | ||||||
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Objective well-being (QOL-PMDk) | 54.84 (13.91)l | N/A | 53.25 (10.55)m | 56.08 (14.33)n | N/A | 54.33 (12.68)o | ||||||
an=73.
bn=59.
cn=82.
dn=80.
eMIPQ: Mood, Interest and Pleasure Questionnaire; scores ranging from 0 to 88, with higher scores indicating better subjective well-being.
fn=57.
gN/A: not applicable.
hn=54.
in=78.
jn=67.
kQOL-PMD: Quality of Life of Persons with Profound Multiple Disabilities, score ranging from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better objective quality of life.
ln=38.
mn=21.
nn=49.
on=55.