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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 27.
Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 Jul 6;(7):CD009231. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009231

Analysis 1.4. Comparison 1 Patient outcomes, Outcome 4 Patient satisfaction.

Patient satisfaction

Study Heading 1 Heading 2
Brumley 2007 Satisfaction measured by the Reid-Gundlack Satisfaction with Service instrument
Rates of satisfaction increased in the intervention group at 30 days
OR = 3.37; 95% CI = 1.42-8.10; P = .006
(n=216)
At 60 days
OR 1.79 95% CI 0.65 to 4.96
(n=168)
Hughes 1992 At one month: p = .02
At 6 months:
treatment mean: 2.72 (n = 17)
control mean: 2.45 (n = 14)		 Insufficient data to calculate CI. No p value given, insufficient data to calculate CI. 17 item questionnaire derived from the National Hospice Study