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Table 5 Transitions in formal and informal home care analyzed separately

From: The utilization of formal and informal home care by older patients with cancer: a Belgian cohort study with two control groups

 

ONC

 

OCP

 

MCP

 

n

%

p-value

n

%

p-value

n

%

 

Formal care

Transition

n = 195

 

n = 84

 

n = 190

No formal care at T0 and T1

80

41.0

0.05

24

28.6

< 0,001

101

53.2

Formal care at T0 and T1

94

48.2

0.93

41

48.8

< 0,001

26

13.7

No formal care -- > Formal care

16

8.2

0.04

14

16.7

0.07

51

26.8

Formal care -- > No formal care

5

2.6

0.16

5

6.0

0.91

12

6.3

 

Informal care

Transition

n = 190

 

n = 79

 

n = 178

No informal care at T0 and T1

62

32.6

< 0,001

6

7.6

0.55

10

5.6

Informal care at T0 and T1

79

41.6

< 0,001

54

68.4

0.88

120

67.4

No informal care -- > Informal care

24

12.6

0.56

8

10.1

0.77

16

9.0

Informal care -- > No informal care

25

13.2

0.87

11

13.9

0.42

32

18.0

  1. OCP were compared to the two control groups with the chi-square test. p < 0.05 denotes statistical significance