Table 3.
Weighted total score for functional status measures 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 | 37.11 ± 23.55 | 52.52 ± 26.03 | 15.41 (12.94–17.89) | < 0.001* | 37.06 ± 23.96 | 68.07 ± 27.47 | 31.0 (26.97–35.05) | < 0.001* |
| Secondary outcome | ||||||||
| FOIS | 5.81 ± 2.04 | 6.33 ± 1.46 | 0.52 (0.33–0.71) | < 0.001* | 5.84 ± 1.93 | 6.69 ± 1.07 | 0.84 (0.52–1.16) | < 0.001* |
| MNA-SF | 10.67 ± 2.20 | 11.43 ± 2.00 | 0.76 (0.55–0.97) | < 0.001* | 10.38 ± 1.57 | 11.74 ± 1.73 | 1.36 (1.05–1.67) | < 0.001* |
| EuroQoL-5D | 0.05 ± 0.32 | 0.21 ± 0.31 | 0.16 (0.13–0.20) | < 0.001* | 0.02 ± 0.38 | 0.40 ± 0.34 | 0.38 (0.31–0.44) | < 0.001* |
| IADL | 4.33 ± 2.96 | 4.59 ± 2.83 | 0.27 (0.06–0.48) | 0.012* | 3.60 ± 2.03 | 4.86 ± 2.51 | 1.26 (0.95–1.56) | < 0.001* |
| MMSE | 20.02 ± 9.36 | 22.02 ± 8.99 | 1.94 (1.41–2.47) | < 0.001* | 20.50 ± 9.06 | 24.57 ± 7.83 | 4.07 (3.18–4.97) | < 0.001* |
SD standard deviation, CI confidence interval, PAC post-acute care, 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.