Table 1.

Frequency distribution of the level of elderly’s dependence on family caregivers according to the Barthel index in three different times

Dependence	Stage
	Pre-discharge	2 weeks after discharge	12 weeks after discharge
	N(%)	N(%)	N(%)
Complete	104 (52)	32 (16)	0 (0)
Strong	62 (31)	44 (22)	30 (15)
Moderate	34 (17)	122 (61)	92 (46)
Mild	0 (0)	2 (1)	78 (39)
very low	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
lack of dependence	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Total	200 (100)	200 (100)	200 (100)