Table 6

Mood and patient/carer visual analogue scales.6-150 Scores before and after treatment (mean SD): effect sizes by treatment: n=40 patients

ScaleTreatment
NoneHospitalHome
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
HADS-anxiety (0–21)6.5 (4.9) 8.0 (5.3) 6.7 (5.2)6.4 (4.4)7.3 (4.9)6.6 (4.5)
Effect size Estimate 95% CI p Value
Hospital-none−1.48−2.44 to −0.51 0.003
Home-none−1.24−2.23 to −0.26 0.014
Home-hospital 0.23−0.74 to 1.20 0.64
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
HADS-depression (0–21)6.5 (4.2) 7.6 (4.7) 6.5 (3.9)5.4 (2.8)6.6 (4.5)5.9 (3.9)
Effect size Estimate 95% CI p Value
Hospital-none−2.22−3.25 to −1.18<0.001
Home-none−1.70−2.73 to −0.66 0.002
Home-hospital 0.52−0.51 to 1.55 0.32
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
VAS-patient mobility (0–100)42 (21)35 (20)41 (21)60 (22)38 (17)59 (18)
Effect size Estimate 95% CI p Value
Hospital-none25.218.3 to 32.0<0.001
Home-none24.217.3 to 31.0<0.001
Home-hospital−1.0−7.8 to 5.8 0.77
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
VAS-carer mobility (0–100)43 1337 (21)43 (20)51 (19)41 (19)52 (23)
Effect size Estimate 95% CI p Value
Hospital-none16.0 6.7 to 25.3 0.001
Home-none17.6 8.1 to 27.1<0.001
Home-hospital 1.6−7.6 to 10.8 0.73
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
VAS-falls (0–100)49 (18)42 (16)44 (18)60 (20)48 (20)61 (21)
Effect size Estimate 95% CI p Value
Hospital-none18.3 9.0 to 27.6<0.001
Home-none20.711.2 to 30.2<0.001
Home-hospital 2.4−6.8 to 11.5 0.62
  • 6-150 Results for all other scales used in the study are available from the authors in similar format.