Outcome | Intervention effect | 95% CI | p Value | Favourable result | ICC |
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Estimate of effect of intervention on quantitative or summary score outcomes (*Rate ratio from Poisson mixed-effects model, all other estimates from linear mixed-effects models) | |||||
CSNAT total (n=646) | −0.36 | (−2.17, 1.44) | 0.684 | <0 | 0.108 |
TRIG-1 early (n=645) | −1.96 | (−3.83, −0.09) | 0.038 | <0 | 0.106 |
TRIG-2 present (n=659) | −1.24 | (−3.95, 1.47) | 0.322 | <0 | 0.204 |
SF-12 mental (n=666) | 2.58 | (0.00, 5.15) | 0.049 | >0 | 0.073 |
SF-12 physical (n=666) | 3.09 | (0.64, 5.53) | 0.011 | >0 | 0.105 |
Distress level (n=665) | −0.18 | (−0.79, 0.44) | 0.508 | <0 | 0.029 |
Number of GP visits since patient death (n=662) | 1.02* | (0.86, 1.20) | 0.833 | <1 | 0.000 |
Estimate of effect of intervention (proportional OR) on ordinal response outcomes (ICC calculated on latent scale) | |||||
Asked about support needs (n=595) | 0.77 | (0.47, 1.26) | 0.38 | >1 | 0.013 |
Listened to (n=591) | 0.87 | (0.51, 1.46) | 0.600 | >1 | 0.016 |
Unable to discuss concerns (n=577) | 1.05 | (0.55, 2.00) | 0.890 | >1 | 0.026 |
Estimate of effect of intervention (OR) on secondary binary outcomes (ICC calculated on latent scale) | |||||
Place of death was best place (n=673) | 1.94 | (1.06, 3.56) | 0.033 | >1 | 0.032 |
Place of death at home (survey), (n=675) | 2.13 | (1.25, 3.61) | 0.006 | >1 | 0.036 |
Place of death at home (service), (n=4263)‡ | 0.957 | (0.76, 1.20) | 0.698 | >1 | 0.029 |
‡Model fitted to all carer/patient records, not just survey respondents.
CSNAT, Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool; GP, general practitioner; ICC, intracluster correlation; TRIG, Texas Revised Inventory of Grief.