Table 3.
Health status of patients randomised to hospital at home care or hospital care* at assessments at two weeks and three months
| Outcome | Assessment at two weeks
|
Assessment at three months
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital at Home (n=101) | Hospital (n=96) |
Difference (95% CI) |
P value for difference | Hospital at Home (n=101) | Hospital (n=96) |
Difference (95% CI) |
P value for difference | ||
| No of patients who died before assessment | 13 | 9 | 26 | 30 | |||||
| No of survivors | 88 | 87 | 75 | 65 | |||||
| Barthel index | |||||||||
| Median (interquartile range) | 15 (10-19) | 14 (11-17) | 1 (−1.0 to 2.0) | 0.60† | 16 (13-19) | 16 (12-20) | 0 (−1.1 to 2.1) | 1.00† | |
| No (%) with grouped score: | |||||||||
| 0-14 | 30 (34) | 31 (36) | 18 (24) | 17 (26) | |||||
| 15-19 | 22 (25) | 20 (23) | 25 (33) | 19 (29) | |||||
| 20 | 9 (10) | 8 (9) | 10 (13) | 12 (18) | |||||
| No (%) not assessed | 27 (31) | 28 (32) | 0.98‡ | 21 (28) | 18 (28) | 0.85‡ | |||
| Sickness impact profile 68 | |||||||||
| Median (interquartile range) | 29 (22-34) | 30 (20-34) | −1 (−4.0 to 3.0) | 0.82† | 24 (20-31) | 26 (20-31) | −2 (−4.1 to 4.0) | 0.73† | |
| No (%) not assessed | 32 (36) | 39 (45) | 0.26‡ | 31 (41) | 30 (46) | 0.92‡ | |||
| EuroQol | |||||||||
| Median (interquartile range) | 0.59 (0.15-0.78) | 0.56 (0.19-0.73) | 0.03 (−0.11 to 0.11) | 0.95† | 0.64 | 0.63 | 0.01 (−0.12 to 0.09) | 0.94† | |
| No (%) Not assessed | 25 (28) | 34 (39) | 0.14‡ | 28 (37) | 28 (43) | 0.81‡ | |||
| Philadelphia geriatric morale score | |||||||||
| Median (interquartile range) | 35 (29-42) | 35 (30-41) | 0 (−3.0 to 4.0) | 0.88† | 37 (30-42) | 37 (31-43) | 0 (−4.1 to 4.1) | 0.94† | |
| No (%) with grouped score: | |||||||||
| Low (⩽34) | 24 (27) | 19 (22) | 17 (23) | 13 (20) | |||||
| Medium (35-42) | 16 (18) | 14 (16) | 12 (16) | 10 (15) | |||||
| High (⩾43) | 12 (14) | 7 (8) | 9 (12) | 8 (12) | |||||
| No (%) not assessed | 36 (41) | 47 (54) | 0.32‡ | 36 (48) | 37 (57) | 0.91‡ | |||
*
Excludes two patients aged under 40, one from each treatment arm. †Calculated with Mann-Whitney U test. ‡Calculated with χ2 test.