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Table 2 Primary outcomes at 6 and 12 months in control and intervention groups

From: The CARE Plus study – a whole-system intervention to improve quality of life of primary care patients with multimorbidity in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation: exploratory cluster randomised controlled trial and cost-utility analysis

Outcomes

Change from baseline

Adjusteda mean difference (95 % CI)

Effect size (95 % CI)

p value

Usual care

CARE Plus

Primary outcomes:

 6 months

  EQ5D-5 L

−0.08 (0.27)

0.04 (0.25)

0.13 (0.01, 0.25)

0.38 (0.00, 0.75)

0.039

  W-BQ12 General Well-being

−1.3 (5.1)

−0.2 (6.5)

0.70 (−2.45, 3.85)

0.08 (−0.28, 0.44)

0.66

  W-BQ12 Negative Well-being

1.0 (2.8)

0.0 (2.9)

−0.69 (−1.63, 0.24)

0.18 (−0.06, 0.42)

0.14

  W-BQ12 Energy

0.7 (2.8)

0.2 (2.7)

−0.42 (−1.85, 1.01)

−0.15 (−0.65, 0.36)

0.56

  W-BQ12 Positive Well-being

−0.9 (2.8)

−0.5 (3.5)

0.66 (−0.31, 1.64)

0.18 (−0.09, 0.46)

0.18

 12 months

  EQ5D-5 L

−0.02 (0.28)

0.02 (0.26)

0.06 (−0.02, 0.14)

0.14 (−0.10, 0.39)

0.15

  W-BQ12 General Well-being

−1.6 (5.6)

0.4 (6.8)

1.99 (−0.27, 4.24)

0.23 (−0.03, 0.49)

0.083

  W-BQ12 Negative Well-being

1.2 (2.8)

−0.2 (2.5)

−1.30 (−2.16, −0.43)

0.33 (0.11, 0.55)

0.0036

  W-BQ12 Energy

0.6 (2.4)

0.6 (2.9)

0.31 (−0.55, 1.17)

0.11 (−0.20, 0.42)

0.47

  W-BQ12 Positive Well-being

−0.8 (3.3)

−0.6 (3.8)

0.57 (−0.56, 1.70)

0.16 (−0.16, 0.48)

0.32

  1. aMean differences were adjusted for baseline score, age, gender and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale caseness - positive effects sizes indicate a difference in favour of the intervention group.
  2. CI confidence interval