Table 3 Numbers of participants (absolute risk %) who had achieved a minimally clinically important difference in functional independence and health-related quality of life from admission to assessment at discharge, 6 months and 12 months
Outcome | Time point | Intervention | Control | Relative risk difference (95% CI) | Number needed to treat (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Functional independence (FIM) | Discharge | 256 (52) | 220 (44) | 1.17 (1.03 to 1.34)* | 13 (7 to 71) |
6 months | 274 (55) | 261 (52) | 1.06 (0.94 to 1.19) | 33 (−32 to 11) | |
12 months | 284 (57) | 266 (53) | 1.07 (0.96 to 1.20) | 25 (−47 to 10) | |
Health-related quality of life (EQ-5D) | Discharge | 262 (53) | 222 (44) | 1.18 (1.04 to 1.34)* | 12 (7 to 45) |
6 months | 287 (58) | 243 (49) | 1.19 (1.06 to 1.34)* | 11 (7 to 33) | |
|  | 12 months | 289 (58) | 262 (52) | 1.11 (1.00 to 1.24) | 17 (−326 to 8) |