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. 2007 Apr;24(4):265–269. doi: 10.1136/emj.2006.042507

Table 5 Outcome: patient improvement.

Intervention ED n = 114 (%) Intervention WIC n = 221 (%) Intervention combined ED and WIC n = 335 (%) Control ED n = 358 (%) p Value*
How much has this problem improved, if at all? n = 114
Very much better 45 (37.5) 90 (43.6) 135 (39.5) 142 (39.6) 0.99
Much better 36 (31.6) 91 (39.0) 127 (34.1) 138 (38.2)
No change 18 (18.0) 28 (12.1) 46 (16.0) 48 (13.5)
Much worse 3 (3.0) 3 (1.0) 6 (2.4) 8 (2.4)
Very much worse 2 (1.6) 3 (1.3) 5 (1.5) 9 (2.6)
Not applicable 10 (8.3) 6 (3.0) 16 (6.5) 13 (3.7)

*Comparison between intervention combined and control sites, using appropriate regression models, allowing for clustering and sampling probability. Percentages in table also take account of probability of being sampled.