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. 2019 Apr 22;21(4):e12517. doi: 10.2196/12517

Table 3.

Selected outcomes in 4 high-quality studies of digitally supported Person-centered, Integrated, and Proactive care (digi-PIP-care) for frail multimorbid elderly. All primary outcomes and any positive secondary outcomes analyses are shown. Negative secondary analyses not presented.

Paper Outcome measure Patient or clinics N Effect intervention Effect control Ratio Intervention/ Control P value
Utrecht PROactive Frailty Intervention Trial [55] Katz 15 scores at 6 months. Range 0-15, lower score is better Pa 2754 1.7 1.7 0.97 Not significant

Katz 15 scores at 12 months. Range 0-15, lower score is better P 2489 1.9 2.0 0.92 .03
Integrated Systematic Care for Older People [56] 12 months follow-up, change in quality of life, Cantril’s ladder (range 0-10, higher is better) P 842 −0.2 −0.2 1.00 .82

12 months follow-up, Delta Groningen Activities Restriction Scale (range 18-72, lower score is better). P 842 2.9 3.5 0.83 .30
Guided Care [57] Functional health Short Form 36, higher score is better P 477 36.1 37.5 0.96 Not significant

Home health care episodes P 477 0.9 1.3 0.71 <.05
Person-centered Medical Home-Veterans Health Administration [64] Emergency Department visits per 1000 patients per year (secondary outcome) Clinic 913 188 245 0.77 <.001

aP: Patient.