Table 3.
Comparison of primary and secondary outcome measures at three month follow-up assessment
| Outcome | Intervention | Control | Baseline ICC (95% CI) | Adjusted ICC† (95% CI) | Difference in adjusted means (95% CI) | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjusted mean* (SE) | No | Adjusted mean* (SE) | No | ||||||
| Primary: | |||||||||
| Barthel index‡ | 5.47 (0.20) | 540 | 5.29 (0.21) | 436 | 0.36 (0.29 to 0.43) | 0.09 (0.05 to 0.17) | 0.19 (−0.33 to 0.70) | 0.48 | |
| Secondary: | |||||||||
| Rivermead mobility index | 2.74 (0.11) | 465 | 2.73 (0.12) | 382 | 0.28 (0.21 to 0.36) | 0.04 (0.01 to 0.15) | 0.02 (−0.28 to 0.31) | 0.90 | |
| Geriatric depression scale-15 | 6.09 (0.21) | 383 | 6.30 (0.22) | 324 | 0.11 (0.06 to 0.18) | 0.07 (0.03 to 0.17) | −0.21 (−0.76 to 0.33) | 0.44 | |
| EQ-5D-3L§ | 0.24 (0.02) | 409 | 0.23 (0.02) | 338 | 0.25 (0.18 to 0.33) | 0.06 (0.02 to 0.17) | 0.01 (−0.04 to 0.06) | 0.65 | |
ICC=model based intracluster correlation coefficient.
*Adjusted for care home as random effect, and baseline score, type of care home, and administrative centre as fixed effects.
†Adjusted for baseline score, treatment arm, type of care home, and administrative centre.
‡Participants who died before follow-up are given a Barthel score of zero.
§EuroQol group 5-dimension self report questionnaire (three levels).