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Table 2 Effects on comfort and quality of care and dying by subgroups

From: No difference in effects of ‘PACE steps to success’ palliative care program for nursing home residents with and without dementia: a pre-planned subgroup analysis of the seven-country PACE trial

Comparison between the subgroups

Subgroup differences in baseline-adjusted mean difference (95% CI)

p-valuesc

Comfort in the last week of lifea

 Advanced dementia vs Without dementia

2.1 (−0.9–5.1)

0.177

 Non-advanced dementia vs Without dementia

2.7 (−0.4–5.9)

0.092

 Advanced dementia vs Non-advanced dementia

−0.6 (−3.8–2.5)

0.698

Quality of care and dying in the last month of lifeb

 Advanced dementia vs Without dementia

−0.6 (−4.1–2.9)

0.741

 Non-advanced dementia vs Without dementia

−1.5 (−5.2–2.2)

0.428

 Advanced dementia vs Non-advanced dementia

0.9 (−2.8–4.6)

0.632

  1. All mean total scores and p-values are cluster-adjusted
  2. Abbreviations: CAD-EOLD Comfort Assessment in Dying–End of Life in Dementia, QOD-LTC Quality of Dying in Long Term Care, CI confidence intervals
  3. a Comfort in the last week of life was measured using CAD-EOLD scale (total scores range 14–42). Higher scores indicate better comfort
  4. b Quality of care and dying in the last month of life was measured using QOD-LTC scale (total scores range 11–55). Higher scores indicate better quality of care and dying
  5. c Subgroup differences in the estimated baseline-adjusted mean differences between intervention and control groups post-intervention (group x time x dementia interaction)