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. 2004 May 8;328(7448):1099. doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1099

Table 2.

Health outcomes for patients included in the study.

Outcome measure Range (bad to good) Training (n=151) Missing data No training (n=149) Missing data P value
Mortality:
3 months 9 0 9 0 0.98
12 months 16 0 16 0 0.88
Institutionalisation:
3 months 4 0 9 0 0.076
12 months 2 0 6 0 0.071
Mortality or institutionalisation:
3 months 13 0 18 0 0.21
12 months 18 0 22 0 0.38
Modified Rankin score 0-2:
3 months 80 1 63 0 0.054
12 months 100 1 87 0 0.18
Barthel index >18:
3 months 77 0 52 0 0.007
12 months 93 0 75 0 0.074
Median Frenchay activities index at 1 year (interquartile range) 0-45 15 (9-23) 0 16 (8-22) 1
Median hospital anxiety and depression score at 1 year (interquartile range):
Anxiety 21-0 3 (2-4) 13 4.5 (4-6) 13 0.0001
Depression 21-0 3 (2-4) 13 4 (2-5.5) 13 0.0001
Median score on EuroQol visual analogue scale (interquartile range):
3 months 0-100 60 (42-70) 12 50 (40-90) 15 0.019
1 year 0-100 65 (55-80) 22 60 (41-80) 22 0.009