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Table 2 Descriptive and statistical analysis of outcome measures

From: Transition of care from post-acute services for the older adults in Quebec: a pilot impact evaluation

Outcome

Hospital-Discharge

PAHP-Admission

PAHP-Discharge

PAHP-follow up

p-value

FIM (± SD)

105.8 ± 17.5

-

111.2 ± 13.6

111.3 ± 15.5

0.005

PROMIS-10 Global Health

Physical health

T-score (± SE)

-

42.6 ± 5.8

43.3 ± 5.1

44 ± 7.5

0.61

Mental health

T-score (± SE)

-

47.6 ± 9.9

46.9 ± 10.0

48.0 ± 8.7

0.91

General health (± SD)

-

3.1 ± 0.8

2.8 ± 0.7

3.1 ± 0.8

0.59

Social activities & role (± SD)

-

3.1 ± 1.1

3.0 ± 1.1

3.0 ± 1.1

0.87

PGICS (± SD)

-

-

1.95 ± 1.3

-

-

Adverse events

Falls (N)

-

-

19

9

 

Number of individuals

-

-

11

5

 

Emergency visits (N)**

-

-

5

3

 

Number of individuals

-

-

5

3

 

Hospitalizations (N)**

-

-

2

3

 

Number of individuals

-

-

2

3

 
  1. PGICS: Patient global impression of change scale, ADL: Activities of daily living, CANE: Camberwell Assessment for Needs in Elderly, PROMIS: Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System, p-value: associated with analysis of variance, any significant (p < 0.05) results indicate differences in scores across the three evaluation periods, **visits in line with the principal diagnosis