Table 5 Mean scores at discharge and 12 months, and mean change scores, for integrated care (IC) and standard care (SC) groups (standard
deviations in parentheses)
| Group | Discharge | 12 months | Change | t Test | ANCOVA | |
| Rankin | IC | 1.7 (1.2) | 1.2 (1.1) | 0.4 (1.0) | ||
| SC | 1.9 (1.3) | 1.9 (1.2) | 0.0 (1.3) | p = 0.012 | p = 0.003 | |
| Barthel | IC | 17.8 (3.6) | 19.1 (2.2) | 1.3 (3.4) | ||
| SC | 16.8 (4.7) | 17.8 (3.8) | 1.0 (4.2) | p = 0.64 | ||
| MMSE | IC | 20.5 (4.6) | 21.0 (4.0) | 0.5 (4.0) | ||
| SC | 18.6 (5.8) | 19.0 (5.2) | 0.5 (4.4) | p = 0.97 | ||
| AQoL | IC | 26.0 (6.8) | 26.4 (5.3) | −0.3 (5.0) | ||
| SC | 26.7 (6.1) | 29.7 (6.2) | −2.9 (5.2) | p = 0.002 | p = 0.012 |
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AQoL, assessment of quality-of-life questionnaire; Barthel, Barthel index; MMSE, mini-mental state examination; Rankin, Rankin scale.
