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Table 3 Primary outcome measures – mixed models

From: The effect of weekly specialist palliative care teleconsultations in patients with advanced cancer –a randomized clinical trial

 

B (SE)

95% CI

P value

Lower limit

Upper limit

ESAS-TDS

 Intercept

7.26 (3.17)

   

 Groupa

−0.66 (3.26)

−6.99

5.66

0.84

 TDS score at baseline

0.78 (0.11)

0.57

0.99

<0.001

 Timeb

0.12 (0.17)

−0.21

0.45

0.48

 Group*time

0.63 (0.25)

0.14

1.11

0.01

HADS-A

 Intercept

0.54 (0.76)

   

 Groupa

1.40 (0.65)

0.14

2.66

0.03

 HADS-A score at baseline

0.78 (0.09)

0.61

0.95

<0.001

 Timeb

0.12 (0.06)

0.01

0.23

0.04

HADS-D

 Intercept

1.56 (1.03)

   

 Groupa

0.30 (0.87)

−1.39

1.99

0.73

 HADS-D score at baseline

0.70 (0.11)

0.49

0.91

<0.001

 Timeb

0.13 (0.08)

−0.03

0.29

0.12

  1. B estimate effect, SE standard error, 95% CI 95% confidence interval, ESAS Edmonton Symptom Assessment System, TDS Total Distress Score, HADS-A Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale – Anxiety, HADS-D Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale – Depression
  2. aGroup: intervention = 1; control = 0
  3. bTime: week number, baseline = week 0