Table 4.
Variable | EPC Randomization |
Baseline PHQ-9 |
Change in PHQ-9 Score at 3 Months |
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HR | 95% CI | P | HR | 95% CI | P | HR | 95% CI | P | |
Without change in depression in model | 0.66 | 0.45 to .95 | .03 | 1.04 | 1.00 to 1.08 | .05 | |||
Complete case analysis | 0.59 | 0.36 to .97 | .04 | 1.04 | 0.99 to 1.10 | .12 | 1.01 | 0.94 to 1.08 | .77 |
Sensitivity analysis models to account for patients who had died by 12 weeks | |||||||||
Last end point carried forward (improvement = 0) | 0.60 | 0.40 to .910 | .02 | 1.05 | 0.99 to 1.09 | .06 | 0.99 | 0.94 to 1.05 | .82 |
Assign average change in sample (improvement = 0.5) | 0.60 | 0.40 to .90 | .02 | 1.04 | 0.99 to 1.09 | .07 | 1.0 | 0.94 to 1.06 | .99 |
Assign average change in portion of sample that worsened at 12 weeks (improvement = −3.24) | 0.66 | 0.44 to 1.00 | .05 | 1.07 | 1.02 to 1.11 | .002 | 0.94 | 0.89 to .99 | .02 |
Abbreviations: EPC, early palliative care; HR, hazard ratio; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9.