Table 3. Main outcomes following occupational therapy interventions lasting 4 months in older adults of geriatric health service facilities.
| ADOC group (n = 23) | Control group (n = 21) | ADOC group vs Control group | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||||||||||
| Baseline | 4 months | Change score | Baseline | 4 months | Change score | Adjusted coefficient | P-value | 95% CI | Cohen’s d | ICC | |
| Short form 36 v2 | |||||||||||
| Subscales | |||||||||||
| Physical function | 33.26 (32.43) | 34.78 (32.73) | 1.52 (13.85) | 34.76 (27.36) | 41.43 (25.94) | 6.67 (18.12) | -5.42 | 0.245 | -14.55 to 3.72 | 0.32 | -0.03 |
| Role physical | 64.40 (39.91) | 65.76 (37.59) | 1.36 (36.20) | 71.43 (26.11) | 75.89 (35.81) | 4.46 (37.09) | -5.35 | 0.655 | -28.86 to18.14 | 0.08 | 0.15 |
| Bodily pain | 62.65 (30.49) | 67.43 (34.28) | 4.78 (20.44) | 68.52 (29.16) | 74.14 (25.48) | 5.62 (18.92) | -2.01 | 0.718 | -12.93 to 8.91 | 0.04 | -0.13 |
| General health | 66.17 (30.50) | 64.91 (24.54) | -1.26 (16.87) | 70.24 (23.20) | 72.33 (23.16) | 2.10 (16.39) | -4.58 | 0.284 | -12.96 to 3.79 | 0.20 | -0.02 |
| Vitality | 66.58 (27.86) | 63.86 (27.63) | -2.72 (17.36) | 69.05 (24.32) | 72.32 (25.96) | 3.27 (21.80) | -6.62 | 0.223 | -17.27 to 4.03 | 0.31 | -0.13 |
| Social functioning | 72.28 (35.94) | 63.59 (37.86) | -8.70 (36.82) | 82.14 (23.90) | 83.33 (26.61) | 1.19 (36.84) | -15.27 | 0.163 | -36.74 to 6.18 | 0.27 | 0.03 |
| Role emotional | 74.64 (36.80) | 81.16 (34.10) | 6.52 (36.32) | 78.17 (31.46) | 80.55 (32.42) | 2.38 (27.02) | 2.81 | 0.31 | -14.82 to 20.45 | 0.13 | 0.11 |
| Mental health | 70.22 (22.84) | 66.74 (25.48) | -3.48 (21.18) | 75.95 (23.27) | 75.95 (23.54) | 0.00 (24.06) | -5.85 | 0.338 | -17.79 to 6.10 | 0.15 | -0.01 |
| Component scale | |||||||||||
| Physical composite | 21.72 (20.94) | 24.82 (20.06) | 3.10 (10.96) | 22.12 (17.31) | 26.76 (14.72) | 4.65 (14.26) | -1.82 | 0.614 | -8.94 to 5.28 | 0.12 | -0.06 |
| Mental composite | 62.82 (13.11) | 60.19 (12.85) | -2.63 (10.33) | 64.73 (13.37) | 64.48 (14.47) | -0.25 (19.53) | -3.04 | 0.331 | -9.18 to 3.09 | 0.21 | -0.16 |
| Role composite | 42.35 (22.96) | 42.08 (17.53) | -0.27 (20.32) | 45.97 (13.04) | 46.10 (18.86) | 0.13 (19.53) | -2.65 | 0.600 | -12.59 to 7.28 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| Barthel Index | 60.00 (22.96) | 63.48 (22.48) | 3.48 (6.11) | 67.38 (23.75) | 66.90 (23.64) | -0.48 (4.98) | 3.65 | 0.027 | 0.41 to 6.87 | 0.71 | 0.14 |
| SF-6D utility score | 0.576 (0.119) | 0.589 (0.158) | 0.013 (0.105) | 0.625 (0.104) | 0.633 (0.124) | 0.008 (0.118) | -0.004 | 0.898 | -0.06to 0.06 | 0.04 | -0.07 |
| Quality adjusted life year (QALY) | 0.199 (0.045) | 0.221 (0.037) | -0.02 | 0.118 | -0.05 to 0.01 | 0.53 | 0.017 | ||||
| Total cost (US dollars) | $11,642.7 (985.68) | $11,393.3 (1,525.6) | 427.8 | 0.429 | -633.39 to 1,488.9 | 0.20 | 0.40 | ||||
ADOC, Aid for Decision-making in Occupation Choice; SD, standard deviation; CI, confidence interval; ICC, intracluster correlation coefficient.