The effect of community-based palliative supportive care integrated with primary health care (PHC) on the outcomes of terminally ill cancer patients

Table 4 The mean and standard deviation of the score of palliative care outcome among subjects in the two study groups

Palliative care outcome		Before intervention	After intervention	Paired t-test
Palliative care outcome		M ± SD	M ± SD	t	df	P-Valu
Physical	Intervention	4.92 ± 1.05	4.67 ± 1.01	2.80	0.55	0.007^*
Physical	Control	4.89 ± 0.82	4.93 ± 0.82	1.00	0.58	0.32
Independent t-test		t = 0.17 df = 0.113 p = 0.86	t= -1.47 df = 0.113 p = 0.043^*
Psychological	Intervention	7.73 ± 1.05	5.39 ±1.05	10.73	0.55	0.001^*
Psychological	Control	7.11 ± 1.11	7.01 ± 1.21	1.35	0.58	0.18
Independent t-test		t = 1.26 df = 0.113 p = 0.20	t= -7.65 df = 0.113 p = 0.001^*
Emotional	Intervention	4.17 ± 1.47	3.33 ± 1.48	5.66	0.55	0.001^*
Emotional	Control	4.23 ± 1.39	4.20 ± 1.38	0.05	0.58	0.98
Independent t-test		t = 0.21 df = 0.113 p = 0.82	t= -3.35 df = 0.113 p = 0.001^*
Social	Intervention	5.73 ± 1.93	4.57 ± 1.93	6.04	0.55	0.001^*
Social	Control	5.62 ± 1.85	5.64 ± 1.81	0.29	0.58	0.76
Independent t-test		t = 0.29 df = 0.113 p = 0.76	t= -3.06 df = 0.113 p = 0.003^*
Overall palliative care outcome	Intervention	22.21 ± 2.98	17.98 ± 2.88	11.17	0.55	0.001^*
Overall palliative care outcome	Control	21.88 ± 2.55	21.83 ± 2.69	0.53	0.58	0.59
Independent t-test		t = 0.65 df = 0.113 p = 0.51	t= -7.38 df = 0.113 p = 0.001^*
Palliative care outcome change		M ± SD	M ± SD	Indep t-test
		M ± SD	M ± SD	t	df	P-Valu
		4.23 ± 2.83	0.5 ± 0.72	− 10.95	0.113	0.001^*

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