The benefit of a geriatric nurse practitioner in a multidisciplinary diagnostic service for people with cognitive disorders

Table 4 Mixed-effects multilevel analyses adjusted for baseline values and age, gender, living alone or not and MMSE score on baseline

	Reference sample	GNP group	Adjusted mixed-effects Mean difference [95% CI]
Patients
EQ-5D utility score	N = 115	N = 71
6-month follow-up	0.634 (0.270)	0.503 (0.275)	−0.092 [− 0.166 to −0.018]^a
12-month follow-up	0.572 (0.296)	0.449 (0.274)	−0.092 [− 0.167 to −0.017]^b
EQ-5D VAS score	N = 115	N = 72
6-month follow-up	49.39 (17.62)	49.95 (17.34)	−0.387 [−5.472 to 4.697]
12-month follow-up	53.31 (18.27)	50.47 (17.92)	1.900 [−3.715 to 7.515]
Caregivers
CarerQoL VAS	N = 100	N = 67
6-month follow-up	7.12 (1.71)	6.76 (1.64)	−0.238 [−0.708 to 0.232]
12-month follow-up	7.00 (1.71)	7.09 (1.41)	0.103 [−0.371 to 0.577]
CarerQoL Tarif	N = 100	N = 100
6-month follow-up	82.46 (14.52)	78.48 (14.06)	−3.116 [−7.149 to 0.916]
12-month follow-up	78.87 (16.04)	78.48 (15.13)	0.371 [−4.242 to 4.983]
Self-Rated Burden	N = 100	N = 83
6-month follow-up	3.86 (2.56)	4.43 (2.54)	0.27 [−0.757 to 0.816]
12-month follow-up	4.09 (2.57)	2.80 (1.69)	−1.724 [−2.582 to −0.866]^c

Data in columns reference sample and GNP groups and are unadjusted scores (SD). Numbers vary due to missing values. For the EQ-5D utility score, EQ-5D VAS score, and CarerQoL, higher scores indicate better functioning; for the Self-Rated Burden, lower scores indicate better functioning. GNP group = cohort with geriatric nurse practitioner.
p = ^a0.015, ^b 0.016, ^c0.000.

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