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. 2013 Jun 6;2013(6):CD007760. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007760.pub2

58. Overall palliative care outcomes: reinforced versus standard home palliative care.

Study Measure Analysis Follow‐up Significance and direction Details
Harding 2004
UK
 
Palliative care Outcome Scale (POS, 12 items)
total scale score; range not stated; higher scores equal worse outcomes; caregiver report
Forwards from enrolment 8 weeks
 
 
n.s.a
b (effect) 0.05
P value = 0.78
n = 41
Intervention: M 15.0 (SD 7.0)
Control: M 17.6 (SD 6.3)  
20 weeks
 
n.s.a
b (effect) 0.08
P value = 0.68
n = 26
Intervention: M 13.7 (SD 8.3)
Control: M 16.8 (SD 6.3)

M: mean; n.s.: non‐significant; SD: standard deviation.

aResults from multivariate regression on change scores from baseline.