Table 4.

Multidimensional assessment of patients' subgroups (at base-line, 2 & 6 months)

	Immobilised (n = 165)
	Baseline			6 months
	Mean (95%CI)		p	Mean (95%CI)		p
	Intervention(n = 75)	Control (n = 90)		Intervention(n = 75)	Control (n = 90)
Family APGAR	8.02 (7.41–8.62)	8.88 (8.35–9.40)	0.023*	8.50 (7.94–9.06)	9.05 (8.63–9.47)	0.142
Barthel	39.19 (32.54–45.83)	50.00 (42.79–57.21)	0.021*	43.15(34.66–51.63)	50.62 (43.06–58.18)	0.222
Pfeiffer	3.89 (2.97–4.80)	2.34 (1.64–3.04)	0.042*	4.13(3.10–5.15)	2.13 (1.47–2.79)	0.008*
Lawton-Brody	1.13 (0.78–1.47)	2.11 (1.64–2.58)	0.008*	1.08(0.71–1.46)	2.14 (1.62–2.65)	0.007*
	Hospital discharges (n = 70)
	Basal			2 months
	Mean (95%CI)		p	Mean (95%CI)		p
	Intervention(n = 42)	Control (n = 28)		Intervention(n = 42)	Control (n = 28)
Family APGAR	8.90 (8.30–9.47)	9.45 (8.90–9.96)	0.217	9.29 (8.79–9.79)	9.53 (8.95–10.00)	0.378
Barthel	47.38 (38.51–56.25)	66.79 (52.06–81.51)	0.004*	70.44 (60.39–80.50)	71.35 (56.80–85.89)	0.678
Pfeiffer	2.10 (1.05–3.15)	1.00 (0.00–2.07)	0.090	1.65 (0.48–2.81)	1.00 (0.08–1.81)	0.407
Lawton-Brody	1.68 (1.12–2.24)	3.39 (2.23–4.56)	0.006*	3.03 (1.94–4.13)	3.92 (2.46–5.39)	0.335
	Terminal care (n = 23)
	Basal			6 months
	Mean (95%CI)		p	Mean (95%CI)		p
	Intervention(n = 13)	Control (n = 10)		Intervention(n = 13)	Control (n = 10)
Family APGAR	8.00 (6.31–9.69)	9.00 (6.85–11.15)	0.371	NA	NA	-
Barthel	59.62 (36.89–82.34)	47.22 (13.71–80.73)	0.647	NA	NA	-
Pfeiffer	3.27 (0.55–5.99)	0.20 (0.00–0.76)	0.090	NA	NA	-
Lawton-Brody	2.08 (0.81–3.35)	2.56 (0.38–4.73)	0.794	NA	NA	-