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Table 4 Estimated means and 95% confidence intervals at each time point for immediate and wait-list groups

From: How effective are volunteers at supporting people in their last year of life? A pragmatic randomised wait-list trial in palliative care (ELSA)

Measure and time point

Immediate

Estimated mean (CI)

Wait

Estimated mean (CI)

QoL Physical domain

 Baseline

32.46 (28.99–35.92)

34.95 (31.40–38.50)

 Week 4

33.29 (29.40–37.18)

31.81 (27.85–35.77)

 Week 8

34.27 (30.22–38.31)

31.65 (27.96–35.35)

 Week 12

35.24 (28.77–41.71)

31.50 (27.02–35.99)

QoL Psychological domain

 Baseline

46.60 (42.87–50.33)

46.06 (42.23–49.90)

 Week 4

46.87 (42.68–51.07)

43.74 (39.44–48.04)

 Week 8

47.49 (43.12–51.85)

42.53 (38.54–46.52)

 Week 12

48.10 (41.04–55.15)

41.32 (36.46–46.17)

QoL Environmental domain

 Baseline

58.95 (55.81–62.09)

56.88 (53.64–60.12)

 Week 4

55.61 (51.99–59.23)

53.15 (49.47–56.83)

 Week 8

58.56 (54.74–62.38)

53.61 (50.25–56.98)

 Week 12

61.52 (54.97–68.06)

54.07 (49.80–58.34)

  1. QoL quality of life, CI confidence interval