Table 5.
Self-rated health and health distress scales.
| Characteristic | Baseline | Post intervention | |||||
| mHa (n=7) | HEb (n=11) | SoCc (n=10) | mH (n=6) | HE (n=9) | SoC (n=10) | ||
| In general, would you say your health is, n (%) | |||||||
| Excellent/very good | 2 (29) | 2 (18) | 2 (20) | 1 (17) | 1 (11) | 2 (20) | |
| Good | 3 (43) | 2 (18) | 3 (30) | 3 (50) | 3 (33) | 5 (50) | |
| Fair/poor | 2 (29) | 7 (64) | 5 (50) | 2 (33) | 5 (56) | 3 (30) | |
| How much time during the past 2 weeks were you discouraged by your health problems?, n (%) | |||||||
| Very often/always | 3 (43) | 3 (27) | 1 (10) | 0 (0) | 1 (11) | 1 (10) | |
| Sometimes | 2 (29) | 3 (27) | 3 (30) | 2 (33) | 4 (44) | 5 (50) | |
| Never/seldom | 2 (29) | 5 (45) | 6 (60) | 4 (67) | 4 (44) | 4 (40) | |
| How much time during the past 2 weeks were you fearful about your health?, n (%) | |||||||
| Very often/always | 2 (29) | 3 (27) | 1 (10) | 0 (0) | 2 (22) | 2 (20) | |
| Sometimes | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (10) | 0 (0) | 1 (11) | 2 (20) | |
| Never/seldom | 5 (71) | 8 (73) | 8 (80) | 6(100) | 6 (67) | 6 (60) | |
| How much time during the past 2 weeks was your health a worry to your life?, n (%) | |||||||
| Very often/always | 1 (14) | 2 (18) | 1 (10 ) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (10) | |
| Sometimes | 0 (0) | 1 (9) | 2 (20) | 1 (17) | 3 (33) | 1 (10) | |
| Never/seldom | 6 (86) | 8 (73) | 7 (70) | 5 (83) | 6 (67) | 8 (80) | |
| How much time during the past 2 weeks were you frustrated by your health problems?, n (%) | |||||||
| Very often/always | 3 (43) | 5 (45) | 2 (20) | 0 (0) | 1 (11) | 1 (10) | |
| Sometimes | 1 (14) | 1 (9) | 2 (20) | 3 (50) | 5 (56) | 2 (20) | |
| Never/seldom | 3 (43) | 5 (45) | 6 (60) | 3 (50) | 3 (33) | 7 (70) | |
amH: mobile health group.
bHE: home equipment group.
cSoC: standard care group.