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. 2000 Nov 4;321(7269):1107–1111. doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1107

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical data of the hip fracture patients in intervention and control groups

Intervention (n=120) Control (n=123) P value
No (%) of women 84 (70) 90 (73) 0.58
Mean (range) age (years) 80 (67-92) 80 (66-97) 0.39
No (%) living alone 62 (52) 70 (57) 0.41
Median (range) mini mental state examination score* 20 (0-30) 23 (0-30) <0.001
Median (interquartile range) activities of daily living score 5 (5-6) 6 (5-6) 0.007
Median (interquartile range) instrumental activities of daily living score 4 (1-7) 5.5 (3-8) 0.004
Median (range) self assessed melancholy (0-100 mm) 48 (0-100) 22 (0-100) 0.14 
*

Full range 0-30, higher score=better function. Full range 0-6, higher score=better function. Full range 0-8, higher score=better function. Visual analogue scale: full range 0-100, higher score=more melancholy.