Table 6.
Score at each month in the intervention arm | Score at each month in the control arm | Mean observed change from baseline (SD) in the intervention arm | Mean observed change from baseline (SD) in the control arm | Unadjusted difference between change scores (SD) | ||
Picker Continuity and Coordination subscale, mean (SD)a | ||||||
Baseline | 57.8 (27.5) | 76.8 (21.0) | ‒ | ‒ | ‒ | |
1 month | 51.6 (20.5) | 73.2 (28.3) | -6.3 (34.7) | -3.6 (11.9) | -2.7 (36.7) | |
2 months | 62.5 (25.0) | 76.8 (24.4) | 4.7 (26.7) | 0.0 (21.7) | 4.7 (34.4) | |
3 months | 65.6 (60.0) | 66.1 (29.5) | 7.8 (36.6) | -10.7 (30.1) | 18.5 (47.4) | |
POS, mean (SD)b | ||||||
Baseline | 8.0 (6.0) | 8.0 (6.2) | ‒ | ‒ | ‒ | |
1 month | 6.5 (3.7) | 6.0 (5.9) | -1.5 (4.4) | -2.0 (3.0) | 0.5 (5.3) | |
2 months | 8.3 (3.5) | 7.1 (5.1) | 0.3 (3.8) | -0.9 (2.0) | 1.1 (4.3) | |
3 months | 8.3 (3.1) | 8.4 (7.6) | 0.3 (4.7) | 0.4 (6.0) | -0.2 (7.6) | |
ESAS (Total Symptom Distress Score), mean (SD)c | ||||||
Baseline | 16.8 (10.3) | 16.8 (12.8) | ‒ | ‒ | ‒ | |
1 month | 11.7 (8.0) | 19.4 (13.2) | -5.1 (9.7) | 2.5 (7.4) | -7.7 (12.2) | |
2 months | 14.3 (8.3) | 20.3 (13.6) | -2.5 (11.0) | 3.5 (7.4) | -6.8 (13.3) | |
3 months | 18.9 (8.4) | 21.3 (21.4) | 2.1 (11.6) | 4.4 (10.3) | -2.4 (15.5) | |
Patients with an emergency room visit in previous 4 weeks, n | ||||||
Baseline | 2 | 1 | ‒ | ‒ | ‒ | |
1 month | 1 | 1 | ||||
2 months | 0 | 0 | ||||
3 months | 0 | 2 | ||||
Patients with a hospitalization in previous 4 weeks, n | ||||||
Baseline | 2 | 0 | ‒ | ‒ | ‒ | |
1 month | 1 | 0 | ||||
2 months | 0 | 0 | ||||
3 months | 0 | 3 |
aThe Picker Continuity and Coordination subscale is a proportion of total number of positive responses to total number of responses. Higher scores indicate the higher perceived continuity of care.
bMean summed scores are presented for the POS with a maximum score of 40. Higher scores indicate worse quality of care.
cMean summed scores are presented for the ESAS with a maximum score of 90. Higher scores indicate higher symptom distress.