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. 2019 Sep 24;20:e135. doi: 10.1017/S1463423619000598

Table 5.

Association between meaningful change in health outcome and entry-level variables

Variable Number (n) Meaningful change in WEMWBS
score (≥5)
% with
change (≥5)
P-value
No Yes
Sex n = 86 32 54 62.8% 0.432a
 Female 63 25 38 60.3%
 Male 23 7 16 69.6%
Age n = 85 32 53 62.4% 0.928a
 ≤75 26 9 17 65.4%
 76–85 28 11 17 60.7%
 >85 31 12 19 61.3%
PAM Level n = 81 29 52 64.2% 0.547b
 Level 1 42 15 27 64.3%
 Level 2 19 9 10 52.6%
 Level 3 14 4 10 71.4%
 Level 4 6 1 5 83.3%
RCFS n = 82 30 52 62.7% 0.752b
 ≤3 7 2 5 71.4%
 4 35 11 24 58.6%
 5 11 5 6 54.5%
 ≥6 29 12 17 69.4%
Referral route n = 85 32 53 62.4% 0.371b
 GP 21 10 11 52.4%
 Hospital discharge 7 2 5 71.4%
 MDT 29 10 19 64.3%
 Other statutory 3 0 3 100.0%
 Staff referral 6 3 3 50.0%
 Social care 2 2 0 70.6%
 Voluntary sector 17 5 12 50.0%
Referral route (grouped) n = 85 32 53 62.4% 0.499a
 Community 48 20 28 58.3%
 Complex 37 12 25 67.6%

WEMWBS = Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale; PAM = Patient Activation Measure; RCFS = Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale; GP = General Practitioner; MDT = MultiDisciplinary Team meeting; Other statutory, for example, public health services.

a

X2 test.

b

Fisher’s exact test.