Occupational Therapy in Complex Patients: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 4

Between-group differences of average changes during the study course for the main clinical outcome measures.

	ΔIG ()	ΔCG ()	value	Mean difference (95% CI)
COPM perf.
T1-T0	3.18 ± 1.89	1.21 ± 1.13	0.001	−1.97 (−3.03; −0.91)
T1-T2	1.98 ± 1.98	1.26 ± 2.16	0.336	−0.72 (−2.22; 0.78)
T2-T0	5.62 ± 2.10	2.56 ± 1.89	0.001	−3.06 (−4.50; −1.61)
COPM satisf.
T1-T0	3.01 ± 2.25	1.26 ± 1.15	0.006	−1.75 (−2.96; −0.53)
T1-T2	1.97 ± 2.53	1.35 ± 2.05	0.454	−0.61 (−2.27; 1.04)
T2-T0	5.52 ± 2.10	2.70 ± 1.88	0.001	−2.81 (−4.25; −1.37)
MBI
T1-T0	41.77 ± 20.34	30.16 ± 22.37	0.113	−11.61 (−26.10; 2.88)
T1-T2	6.00 ± 6.34	4.52 ± 10.98	0.652	−1.47 (−8.06; 5.12)
T2-T0	49.33 ± 20.14	37.00 ± 18.58	0.082	−12.33 (−26.31; 1.64)
IADL
T1-T0	−1.15 ± 0.81	−0.51 ± 0.46	0.007	0.64 (0.18; 1.09)
T1-T2	−0.55 ± 0.62	−0.53 ± 0.79	0.938	0.02 (−0.50; 0.54)
T2-T0	−1.83 ± 0.88	−1.06 ± 0.78	0.014	0.76 (0.16; 1.36)
RNLI
T2-T1	24.46 ± 20.28	10.47 ± 21.39	0.068	−13.98 (−29.05; 1.07)

Δ = within-group change; IG: intervention group; CG: control group; SD: standard deviation; CI: confidence interval; COPM: Canadian Occupational Performance Measure; perf.: performance; satisf.: satisfaction; MBI: modified Barthel Index; IADL: instrumental activities of daily living; RNLI: Reintegration to Normal Living Index.