Table 3.
Patient Outcomes: Descriptive Data for Symptom Distress, Depressive Symptoms, Quality of Life, SCHFI Scores and ER Visits with and Without Hospital Days
| Variable | Treatment | Control | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean | SD | N | Mean | SD | |
| MSAS | ||||||
| Symptom Distress Baseline | 18 | 17.1 | 12.3 | 21 | 25.1 | 19.1 |
| Symptom Distress Week 4 | 14 | 17.4 | 14.5 | 15 | 21.3 | 19.2 |
| Symptom Distress Time Week 5 | 13 | 14.0 | 14.9 | 14 | 19.6 | 14.6 |
| POMS | ||||||
| Depression Baseline | 19 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 21 | 7.7 | 10.7 |
| Depression Week 4 | 14 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 15 | 10.3 | 17.3 |
| Depression Week 5 | 14 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 14 | 7.5 | 15.2 |
| Hospice Quality of Life Index | ||||||
| QOL Baseline | 19 | 200.5 | 36.6 | 21 | 210.7 | 31.4 |
| QOL Week 4 | 14 | 189.8 | 67.4 | 15 | 214.9 | 32.1 |
| QOL Week 5 | 14 | 195.2 | 65.7 | 14 | 210.6 | 32.4 |
| SCHFI Scores | ||||||
| Self care Maintenance Baseline | 17 | 59.1 | 17.1 | 21 | 60.7 | 10.6 |
| Week 4 | 14 | 59.8 | 18.1 | 15 | 59.2 | 10.5 |
| Week 5 | 13 | 58.8 | 19.4 | 14 | 61.4 | 14.6 |
| Self care Confidence Baseline | 17 | 62.3 | 19.8 | 21 | 62.3 | 15.8 |
| Week 4 | 14 | 61.3 | 21.6 | 15 | 59.2 | 14.4 |
| Week 5 | 13 | 59.9 | 20.2 | 14 | 62.2 | 14.6 |
| ER visits Hospital Visits | N | Frequency | N | Frequency | ||
| ER without hospitalization | 17 | 1 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Number of Hospital days without ER Visit | 17 | 6 | 21 | 0 | ||
| ER with hospitalization | 19 | 1 | 21 | 3 | ||
| Number of Hospital days with ER Visit | 19 | 0 | 21 | 53 | ||