Table.

Barthel score, change in Barthel score, and survival time of patients in hospice with cancer

	Sample 1 (n=93)	Sample 2 (n=104)	P value (Mann-Whitney U test)
Mean (range) Barthel score at admission	66 (3-100)	58 (2-100)	0.056
Median (range) length of stay (days)	18 (5-104)	19 (3-86)	0.82
Median (range) survival (days)	35 (5-473)	27 (3-349)	0.2
Median (interquartile range) change in Barthel index:
No loss of points	56 (23-137) (n=50)	68 (19-128) (n=41)	0.91
1-9 points lost	32 (17-56) (n=24)	31 (15-45) (n=39)	0.51
⩾10 points lost	14 (11-20) (n=19)	15 (6-20) (n=24)	0.65
P value (Kruskal-Wallis test)	<0.001	<0.001	–