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. 2015 Feb 16;350:h638. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h638

Table 3.

 Intention to treat analyses of primary and secondary outcomes at four month follow-up in study of integrated primary care for patients with mental and physical multimorbidity

Intervention Usual care Comparison
No of patients Mean (SD) No of patients Mean (SD) Adjusted difference in means (95% CI)*, P value Effect size (95% CI)† Intracluster coefficient
Primary outcome
SCL-D-13 (0-4) 170 1.76 (0.9) 180 2.02 (0.9) −0.23 (−0.41.to −0.05), 0.01 −0.30 (−0.54 to −0.07) 0.03
Secondary outcomes
PHQ-9 (0-27) 157 11.3 (6.5) 168 13.1 (6.5) −1.2 (−2.37 to −0.03), 0.04 −0.29 (−0.57 to −0.01) 0.02
GAD-7 (0-21) 157 8.2 (5.8) 168 9.7 (5.9) −1.45 (−2.45 to −0.56), 0.006 −0.28 (−0.47 to -0.09) 0.00
ESSI (0-34) 155 3.29 (1.1) 165 3.4 (1.0) 0.01 (−0.19 to 0.22), 0.91 0.01 (−0.18 to 0.20) 0.07
Health education impact questionnaire (heiQ):
 Positive engagement 155 2.48 (1.3) 164 2.32 (1.4) 0.20 (−0.07 to 0.48), 0.14 0.16 (−0.06 to 0.39) 0.02
 Health directed behaviour 155 1.92 (1.8) 164 1.65 (1.5) 0.06 (−0.28 to 0.39), 0.72 0.04 (−0.18 to 0.26) 0.05
 Skill acquisition 153 2.76 (1.1) 163 2.52 (1.2) 0.26 (0.02 to 0.50), 0.04 0.25 (0.02 to 0.48) 0.04
 Constructive attitudes 155 2.83 (1.2) 165 2.64 (1.3) 0.31 (0.07 to 0.55), 0.01 0.25 (0.05 to 0.44) 0.02
 Self monitoring 155 3.65 (0.7) 165 3.32 (1.0) 0.31 (0.01 to 0.52),‡ 0.004 0.36 (0.11 to 0.60) 0.08
 Health service navigation 155 2.67 (1.0) 165 3.35 (1.2) 0.28 (0.03 to 0.53), 0.03 0.27 (0.03 to 0.52) 0.06
 Social integration 155 3.03 (1.3) 165 3.0 (1.4) −0.01 (−0.32 to 0.31), 0.10 −0.01 (−0.25 to 0.24) 0.08
 Emotional wellbeing 155 2.65 (1.3) 165 3.09 (1.2) −0.35 (−0.61 to −0.09), 0.01 −0.32 (−0.55 to −0.08) 0.05
MULTIPleS 151 2.1 (0.9) 165 2.28 (0.9) −0.14 (−0.34 to 0.06), 0.17 −0.18 (−0.43 to 0.08) 0.09
SDS (0-10) 153 5.73 (2.8) 163 5.83 (2.8) −0.27 (−0.75 to 0.20), 0.24 −0.11 (−0.29 to 0.08) 0.00
SEQ 155 5.72 (1.9) 166 5.54 (1.9) 0.21 (−0.15 to 0.58), 0.24 0.13 (−0.09 to 0.34) 0.02
WHOQOL-BREF 152 2.99 (0.6) 167 2.91 (0.6) 0.07 (−0.05 to 0.19), 0.26 0.13 (−0.10 to 0.36) 0.02

ESSI=Enrichd social support inventory; GAD=generalised anxiety disorder assessment; MULTIPleS=multimorbidity illness perception scales; SCL=symptom check list; SEQ=self efficacy questionnaire; SDS=Sheehan disability scale; SCL-D-13=symptom checklist depression scale; WHOQOL-BREF=WHO quality of life measure.

*Analyses with multiple imputation for missing baseline and follow-up data points adjusted for baseline measures of outcome and minimisation variables (practice deprivation and practice size).

†Effect size based on pooled SD of baseline measures.

‡Estimated with bootstrapping.