Table 2 Observed Differences in Scores between Week 1 and Final Week compared with Likert scores
From: Validation of an individualised quality of life measure in older day hospital patients
Change scores (SD) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Domain | Worse/Much worse (n = 1) | A little worse (n = 3) | No change (n = 24) | A little better (n = 18) | Better/Much better (n = 17) | Spearmans rho |
FLP physical | -28 | -0.7 (1.1) | 10.6 (53.2) | -4.5 (45.2) | -27.7 (49.1) | -0.267* |
FLP psychological | 7 | 33.0 (109.1) | 12.4 (80.6) | -43.7 (75.4) | -15.7 (74.9) | -0.195 |
FLP total | -54 | 30.0 (105.5) | 29.5 (124.2) | -32.4 (103.8) | -43.2 (95.5) | -0.262* |
Barthel | - | 0.67 (0.58) | 0.24 (0.66) | 0.29 (0.73) | 0.67 (0.98) | 0.098 |
PGI | 0 | 5.0 (46.3) | -0.6 (30.6) | -9.4 (44.0) | 13.1 (41.5) | 0.141 |
PGI with original domains | 0 | -11.0 (39.7) | -7.8 (42.0) | -1.7 (35.6) | 9.4 (37.6) | 0.191 |