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Table 2 Intervention group (n = 167) and control group (n = 198) analyses before and after intervention

From: Evaluation of person-centeredness in nursing homes after a palliative care intervention: pre- and post-test experimental design

Scale and subscale

Intervention group Baseline Median (Q1-Q3)

Intervention group Follow-up Median (Q1-Q3)

Significance p-value2

Control group Baseline Median (Q1-Q3)

Control group Follow-up Median (Q1-Q3)

Significance p-value2

P-CAT 3

Total (13–65)

45.0 (41.0–48.0)

45.0 (42.0–48.0)

0.715

44.0 (41.0–48.0)

44.0 (41.0–48.0)

0.601

Extent of personalizing care(8–401)

34. 0 (32.0–38.0)

34.0 (32.0–37.0)

0.837

33.0 (31.0–36.0)

34.0 (31.0–36.0)

0.417

Amount of organizational and environmental support(5–251)

11.0 (7.0–14.0)

11.0 (8.0–14.0)

0. 479

11.0 (8.0–15.0)

11.0 (8.0–15.0)

0.237

PCQ-S 4

Total (14–84)

77.0 (68.0–82.0)

77.0 (68.0–81.0)

0.685

71.0 (61.0–80.0)

74.0 (67.0–79.0)

0.451

Safety(5–301)

28.0 (25.0–30.0)

27.0 (25.0–30.0)

0.942

27.0 (25.0–29.0)

27.0 (24.0–29.0)

0.693

Everydayness(5–301)

26.0 (22.0–29.0)

25.0 (22.0–29.0)

0.494

24.0 (21.0–28.0)

25.0 (21.0–28.0)

0.374

Community(4–241)

23.0 (21.0–24.0)

23.0 (20.0–24.0)

0.280

22.0 (22.0–24.0)

22.0 (21.0–24.0)

0.051

  1. 1Underlined score is the most favourable score. 2 Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test. Q1 = first quartile; Q3 = third quartile. Significant values are bold. 3Missing n = 10 in intervention group and n = 17 in control group. 4Missing n = 22 in intervention group and n = 33 in control group