Table 2.
Unweighted total score for each functional status measure before and after admission in the non-PAC and PAC groups.
| Measures | Non-PAC | Difference (after-before) (95% CI) | p value | PAC | Difference (after-before) (95% CI) | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 212) | (n = 122) | |||||||
| Before | After | Before | After | |||||
| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | |||||
| Primary outcome | ||||||||
| BI | 36.70 ± 23.91 | 52.57 ± 25.91 | 15.87 (13.30–18.44) | < 0.001* | 38.40 ± 24.08 | 64.18 ± 25.29 | 25.78 (22.17–29.39) | < 0.001* |
| Secondary outcome | ||||||||
| FOIS | 5.78 ± 2.07 | 6.36 ± 1.45 | 0.58 (0.37–0.78) | < 0.001* | 5.93 ± 1.91 | 6.65 ± 1.14 | 0.72 (0.41–1.04) | < 0.001* |
| MNA-SF | 10.86 ± 2.11 | 11.53 ± 1.95 | 0.67 (0.46–0.87) | < 0.001* | 10.04 ± 1.80 | 11.16 ± 1.75 | 1.11 (0.80–1.42) | < 0.001* |
| EuroQoL-5D | 0.03 ± 0.32 | 0.20 ± 0.32 | 0.17 (0.14–0.21) | < 0.001* | 0.15 ± 0.35 | 0.38 ± 0.32 | 0.23 (0.17–0.29) | < 0.001* |
| IADL | 4.85 ± 2.97 | 4.96 ± 2.84 | 0.11 (− 0.09–0.32) | 0.270 | 3.23 ± 2.02 | 4.43 ± 2.47 | 1.20 (0.86–1.51) | < 0.001* |
| MMSE | 19.81 ± 9.58 | 22.02 ± 9.25 | 2.13 (1.57–2.69) | < 0.001* | 20.13 ± 8.98 | 23.50 ± 7.92 | 3.37 (2.52–4.21) | < 0.001* |
SD standard deviation, CI confidence interval, PAC post-acute care, Non-PAC traditional inpatient rehabilitation, BI Barthel index, FOIS functional oral intake scale, MNA-SF mini nutrition assessment-short form, EQ-5D EuroQoL-5D, IADL Lawton–Brody instrumental activities of daily living scale, MMSE mini-mental state examination.
*p value < 0.05.