Table 4.

Comparison of the Barthel Index at baseline and after therapy.

Outcome measure		Experimental group	χ2a	pa	Control group	χ2a	pa	χ2b	pb
Feeding	Baseline	5 ± 5 (0–5)	10	0.001	5 ± 5 (5–10)	2	n.s.	4.9	0.02
	Post	5 ± 5 (5–10)			10 ± 5 (5–10)			0.34	n.s.
Bathing	Baseline	0 ± 0 (0–0)	5	0.02	0 ± 5 (0–5)	2	n.s.	3.2	n.s.
	Post	0 ± 5 (0–5)			5 ± 5 (0–5)			1.42	n.s.
Grooming	Baseline	0 ± 0 (0–0)	12	0.0005	5 ± 0 (5–5)	1	n.s.	17.8	0.0001
	Post	5 ± 5 (0–5)			5 ± 0 (5–5)			0.26	n.s.
Dressing	Baseline	0 ± 5 (0–5)	11	0.0009	5 ± 5 (5–10)	3	n.s.	12.3	0.004
	Post	5 ± 5 (0–5)			5 ± 5 (5–10)			6.3	0.01
Bowel control	Baseline	5 ± 5 (0–5)	10	0.001	10 ± 0 (10–10)	1	n.s.	0	n.s.
	Post	10 ± 5 (5–10)			10 ± 0 (10–10)			0	n.s.
Bladder control	Baseline	5 ± 5 (0–5)	10	0.001	10 ± 0 (10–10)	1	n.s.	0	n.s.
	Post	10 ± 5 (5–10)			10 ± 0 (10–10)			0	n.s.
Toilet use	Baseline	5 ± 5 (0–5)	8	0.004	10 ± 5 (5–10)	5	0.02	11.8	0.0006
	Post	5 ± 5 (5–10)			10 ± 5 (5–10)			7.37	0.006
Transfers (bed to chair and back)	Baseline	5 ± 0 (5–5)	11	0.0009	15 ± 10 (5–15)	7	0.008	7.3	0.006
	Post	10 ± 10 (5–15)			15 ± 5 (10–15)			4.3	0.03
Mobility (on level surface)	Baseline	0 ± 0 (0–0)	7	0.008	15 ± 15 (0–15)	3	n.s.	4.45	0.034
	Post	0 ± 10 (0–10)			15 ± 15 (0–15)			3.19	n.s.
Stairs	Baseline	0 ± 0 (0–0)	7	0.008	5 ± 10 (0–10)	1	n.s.	4.45	0.03
	Post	0 ± 5 (0–5)			5 ± 10 (0–10)			2.27	n.s.
Total	Baseline	25 ± 25 (15–40)	21	0.00001	85 ± 25 (15–50)	7	0.006	13	0.0003
	Post	50 ± 35 (25–70)			85 ± 50 (50–100)			5.7	0.01

p^a–p-value between baseline and post-therapy within each group.

p^b–p-value between study groups.

χ^2a–chi-square test value within each group.

χ^2b–chi-square test value between study groups.

n.s.—non-significant.

Values are expressed as median ± quantile range (lower quantile–upper quantile).

Statistically significant results are marked in bold.