Table 2 Total and by outcome category Degree of dependency assessed using the Barthel index
From: Physiotherapy applied to palliative care patients: a descriptive practice-based study
Total (n = 63) | Death (n = 22) | Clinical worsening (n = 23) | Hospital discharge (n = 18) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PRE-PT | POST-PT | PRE-PT | POST-PT | PRE-PT | POST-PT | PRE-PT | POST-PT | |
Total | 28 (44.4) | 15 (23.8) | 9 (40.9) | 6 (27.3) | 10 (43.5) | 7 (30.4) | 9 (50.0) | 2 (11.1) |
Serious | 14 (22.2) | 16 (25.4) | 4 (18.2) | 5 (22.7) | 7 (30.4) | 7 (30.4) | 3 (16.7) | 4 (22.2) |
Moderate | 13 (20.6) | 15 (23.8) | 5 (22.7) | 7 (31.8) | 5 (21.7) | 6 (26.1) | 3 (16.7) | 2 (11.1) |
Mild | 7 (11.1) | 16 (25.4) | 3 (13.6) | 3 (13.6) | 1 (4.3) | 3 (13.0) | 3 (16.7) | 10 (55.6) |
Independent | 1 (1.6) | 1 (1.6) | 1 (4.5) | 1 (4.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |