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. 2021 Jul 7;18(14):7258. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18147258

Table 2.

Pre- and post-Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) results based on the Barthel index.

Variables Before COVID-19
N = 68
After COVID-19
N = 68
p-Value Cohen’s d
Mean ± DS
(IC95%)
Mean ± DS
(IC95%)
Eat 10.00 ± 0.00 8.60 ± 2.48
(10.00–10.00) (7.89–9.31) <0.001 * 0.37
Wash up 3.00 ± 2.67 1.00 ± 2.02
(2.24–3.76) (0.43–1.57) <0.001 * 0.38
Dress 8.10 ± 3.18 4.48 ± 4.04
(7.20–9.00) (3.65–5.95) 0.407 * 0.44
Get ready 4.10 ± 1.94 3.10 ± 2.45
(3.55–4.65) (2.40–3.80) 0.490 * 0.22
Deposition 9.60 ± 1.37 7.90 ± 3.51
(9.21–9.99) (6.90–8.90) <0.001 * 0.30
Urination 8.30 ± 2.60 5.70 ± 3.91
(7.56–9.04) (4.59–6.81) 0.552 * 0.36
Toilet 7.70 ± 4.07 4.30 ± 4.17
(6.54–8.86) (3.12–5.48) 0.600 * 0.38
Transfers 14.50 ± 1.82 9.00 ± 6.14
(13.98–15.02) (7.25–10.75) <0.001 * 0.51
Ambulation 14.50 ± 1.52 6.60 ± 4.99
(14.07–14.93) (5.18–8.02) <0.001 * 0.73
Steps 3.30 ± 4.36 0.40 ± 1.98
(2.06–4.54) (0.16–0.96) <0.001 * 0.39
Total score 83.20 ± 15.20 52.30 ± 27.22
(78.7–87.67) (44.56–60.04) <0.001 * 0.57

Abbreviations: DS: standard deviation; IC95%: confidence interval; * one-way repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used. p < 0.05 (with a 95% confidence interval) was considered statistically significant.