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Table 3 The total working time (in minutes) used for medication management considering the number of visits per day analyzed with analysis of covariance (Sidak multiple comparisons)

From: Effect of robot for medication management on home care professionals’ use of working time in older people’s home care: a non-randomized controlled clinical trial

Variable

IG (n = 64)

CG (n = 46)

Baseline (T1)

meana

(95% CI)

1-month (T2)

meana

(95% CI)

2-months (T3)

mean a

(95% CI)

Difference T2-T1

meana

(p-value)

Difference

T3-T1

meana

(p-value)

Baseline (T1)

meana

(95% CI)

1-month (T2)

meana

(95% CI)

2-months (T3)

meana

(95% CI)

Difference

T2-T1

meana

(p-value)

Difference

T3-T1

meana

(p-value)

The total working time used for medication management

54.2 (49.6–58.8)

40.8 (37.4–44.3)

34.9 (31.4–38.3)

-13.4 (< 0.001)*

-19.3 (< 0.001)*

75.2 (70.1–80.4)

65.0 (59.8–70.1)

74.3 (69.2–79.4)

-10.2 (0.02)*

-0.95 (0.992)

  1. aFive-day Estimated Marginal Mean in minutes per group
  2. Abbreviations: IG, Intervention Group; CG, Control Group; CI, Confidence Interval