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.