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Table 2 Comparison of differences regarding evaluation of individual quality of life domains of patients and family caregivers in intervention and control samples during first and second measurements

From: The effect of neuropalliative care on quality of life and satisfaction with quality of care in patients with progressive neurological disease and their family caregivers: an interventional control study

 

Time I

Time II

Interven. N = 98

Control N = 53

Diff. x̄

p*

Interven. N = 98

Control N = 53

Diff. x̄

p*

Patients with PND

x̄ (s)

x̄ (s)

  

x̄ (s)

x̄ (s)

  

Symptoms burden

41.2 (16.2)

43.4 (16.2)

2.2

0.287

35.8 (15.7)

46.3 (18.3)

10.5

< 0.001

Activities of daily living

52.6 (21.9)

52.2 (21.9)

−0.4

0.925

50.0 (19.9)

51.7 (23.1)

1.7

0.539

Emotional functioning

40.9 (19.4)

43.3 (16.7)

2.4

0.282

33.9 (19.2)

43.9 (17.7)

10.0

< 0.001

Social functioning

47.1 (17.1)

47.8 (16.8)

0.7

0.874

43.5 (14.7)

50.1 (17.3)

6.6

0.046

Spiritual (nonreligious)

50.2 (18.1)

51.8 (19.0)

1.6

0.873

46.6 (19.1)

53.7 (19.2)

7.1

0.050

Spiritual (religious)

42.2 (15.6)

43.2 (13.9)

1.0

0.905

42.8 (14.6)

45.3 (15.1)

2.5

0.264

Global QoL

4.5 (1.6)

4.4 (1.6)

−0.1

0.834

5.3 (1.7)

4.6 (1.9)

− 0.7

0.023

Global health

4.2 (1.5)

4.5 (1.7)

0.3

0.351

4.9 (1.5)

4.7 (1.8)

−0.2

0.410

Family caregivers N = 93

N = 47

  

N = 93

N = 47

  

Symptoms burden

8.8 (7.7)

9.4 (5.7)

0.6

0.129

6.1 (6.8)

9.4 (6.4)

3.3

< 0.001

Activities of daily living

34.5 (25.6)

27.1 (24.3)

−7.4

0.106

25.1 (22.4)

23.2 (21.6)

−1.9

0.616

Emotional functioning

31.6 (24.3)

33.6 (18.3)

2.0

0.294

25.5 (21.8)

33.7 (20.2)

8.2

0.016

Social functioning

45.6 (19.6)

40.5 (14.7)

−5.1

0.061

40.8 (17.7)

41.7 (18.5)

0.9

0.696

Spiritual (nonreligious)

30.6 (20.7)

30.8 (17.6)

0.2

0.806

26.2 (20.4)

32.4 (17.5)

6.2

0.042

Spiritual (religious)

38.7 (19.1)

40.7 (15.5)

2.0

0.996

40.0 (18.1)

40.4 (17.0)

0.4

0.969

Global QoL

6.7 (2.3)

6.2 (2.2)

−0.5

0.107

7.3 (2.0)

6.3 (1.9)

−1.0

0.001

Global health

6.9 (2.3)

6.2 (2.2)

−0.7

0.063

7.4 (2.1)

6.3 (1.9)

−1.1

0.002

  1. *Mann-Whitney U test