Table 5.

Comparison of the median scores for the included instruments at baseline, at the end of the intervention and at 6-month follow-up (N = 17)

Instruments	Range		Median (Q1-Q3)
		Baseline	End of intervention	6-month follow-up	P-valuea	P-valueb	P-valuec	P-valued
SOC scale	13–91	63 (59–70)γ	66 (59.7–74.5)β	64 (59–73)π	0.08’	0.75’	0.07’	0.11▫
HI	9–36	24 (23–28.7)β	24.5 (21.2–28)β	25 (22–28)π	0.50’	0.06’	0.17’	0.33▫
NUFFE	0–30	6 (4–9.5)γ	8 (4.5–9.5)γ	7 (5–9)π	0.30’	0.52’	0.13’	0.65▫
GDS	0–20	3 (2.2–5.5)ε	5 (2–9)π	5 (4–8)π	0.12α	0.21α	1.00α	0.15∞

GDS Geriatric Depression Scale, HI Health Index, NUFFE Nutritional Form for the Elderly, SOC Sense of Coherence. Q₁ = first quartile; Q₃ = third quartile

^aBaseline vs end of the intervention; ^bBaseline vs 6-month follow-up; ^cEnd of the intervention vs 6-month follow-up; ^dComparison over time the three assessments points

^‘Wilcoxon signed rank test; ^▫Friedman’s test; ^∞Cochran’s Q-test; ^αMcNemar’s test

^γn = 17; ^βn = 16; ^πn = 15; ^εn = 12