Table 2.

Compliance and Long-term Outcome (Days in Hospital)

Point of Time	Intervention Group, n	Control Group, n	Test	P (2-tailed)
Compliance “good”/ “very good” at Index discharge (20/19)	90.0%	94.7%	χ2 = 0.31	1.0a
Compliance “good”/ “very good” 2 years later (20/19)	95.0%	73.7 %	χ2 = 3.40	.09a
Compliance “good”/ “very good” 7 years later (21/20)	85.7%	85.0%	χ2 = 0.00	1.0a
Number of rehospitalizations during follow-up	1.6	3.0		.06
Days in hospital 7 years later (mean) (20/19)	74.7 (SD: 99.5)	243.4 (SD: 309.0)	t = −2.27	.03b

Note: ^aFisher’s Exact Test.

^b t test with adjusted degrees of freedom (df) due to inhomogeneity of variance.