Table 2:
Adjusted Mean Difference in Pre-Frail and Frail compared to Robust Patients |
Adjusted Mean Difference in GA-Intervention compared to Usual-Care in Robust, Pre-Frail, and Frail Patients | pValue of Interaction (frailty status*study arm) | ||||||
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Difference (95% CI) | pValue | Difference (95% CI) | pValue | Difference (95% CI) | pValue | |||
# Conversations | Robust | ref | - | ref | - | 3.27 (1.68 to 4.86) | 0.0002 | |
Pre-Frail | 0.83 (−0.21 to 1.87) | 0.1197 | 1.31 (0.37 to 2.25) | 0.0067 | 3.75 (2.32 to 5.18) | 0.0001 | 0.6111 | |
Frail | 1.73 (0.59 to 2.87) | 0.0031 | 2.49 (1.51 to 3.47) | <0.0001 | 4.03 (2.50 to 5.56) | 0.0001 | ||
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# Concerns Acknowledged | Robust | ref | - | ref | - | 2.08 (1.04 to 3.12) | 0.0002 | |
Pre-Frail | 0.79 (−0.03 to 1.61) | 0.0624 | 0.58 (−0.13 to 1.29) | 0.1077 | 1.87 (0.97 to 2.77) | 0.0002 | 0.7397 | |
Frail | 1.12 (0.24 to 2.00) | 0.0145 | 1.31 (0.56 to 2.06) | 0.0006 | 2.27 (1.29 to 3.25) | <0.0001 | ||
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# Concerns Addressed | Robust | ref | - | ref | - | 2.03 (0.87 to 3.19) | 0.0013 | |
Pre-Frail | 0.2 (−0.41 to 0.81) | 0.5232 | 0.3 (−0.23 to 0.83) | 0.2634 | 2.13 (1.05 to 3.21) | 0.0005 | 0.9403 | |
Frail | 0.71 (0.04 to 1.38) | 0.0382 | 0.87 (0.32 to 1.42) | 0.0021 | 2.19 (1.07 to 3.31) | 0.0005 |
Geriatric Assessment (GA), Confidence Intervals (CI)
Models included the study arm, frailty status, and interaction term between frailty status and study arm as a fixed effect and practice site as a random effect independent of residual error