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Table 1 Proportion of carers reporting improvement in preparedness to care equal to or greater than the MCID, by group

From: The cost-effectiveness of a telephone-based intervention to support caregivers of older people discharged from hospital

To time period (from baseline)

Dataset

Group

Improved n/N (%)

p-value

Follow-up 1

LOCF

Control

18/86 (20.9)

0.0288

 

Intervention

28/77 (36.4)

 

Per protocol

Control

18/83 (21.7)

0.0027

 

Intervention

28/62 (45.2)

 

Follow-up 2

LOCF

Control

29/86 (33.7)

0.3019

 

Intervention

32/77 (41.6)

 

Per protocol

Control

29/79 (36.7)

0.0762

 

Intervention

32/62 (51.6)

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