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

AQoL, assessment of quality-of-life questionnaire; Barthel, Barthel index; MMSE, mini-mental state examination; Rankin, Rankin scale.