Skip to main content

Table 5 Results for testing the effects for outcome measures with respect to the factors "Hospital", "Diagnostic subgroup" as well as to the interaction term adjusted for covariates (Analysis of Covariance); - not significant, + p < 0.10, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01

From: Profiling quality of care for patients with chronic headache in three different German hospitals – a case study

Outcome measures

Factor "Hospital"

Factor "diagnostic subgroup"

Interaction "Hosp. X Subgroup"

 

Discharge

6-m follow-up

Discharge

6-m follow-up

Discharge

6-m follow-up

Pain intensity#

-

-

*

-

-

-

Pain affective#

-

-

-

-

-

-

Depression#

-

-

+

-

-

-

Global assessment of success

** 1,2

-

*

-

-

-

Pain disability#

 

-

 

-

 

-

Physical health#

 

+

 

-

 

-

Mental health#

 

+

 

-

 

-

Days with headache#

 

-

 

+

 

-

Days with analgetics#

 

-

 

+

 

-

Sense of coherence#

 

-

 

-

 

-

Satisfaction with health#

 

-

 

-

 

-

Healthy food#

 

-

 

-

 

-

Physical activity#

 

-

 

-

 

-

Coping with stress#

 

* 2

 

-

 

-

Using self-help#

 

** 1,3

 

**

 

-

Patients satisfaction scores:

      

Nurses care

-

 

-

 

-

 

Physicians care

** 1,2

 

-

 

-

 

Other therapies

** 2,3

 

-

 

-

 

Health promoting

** 2,3

 

-

 

-

 

Hospital's equipment

** 1,2

 

-

 

-

 

Diverse aspects

*

 

-

 

-

 

Information

-

 

-

 

-

 

Satisfaction sum score

* 3

 

-

 

-

 
  1. #Differences from baseline
  2. Posteriori comparisons (p < .05, Bonferroni adjusted) between hospitals: 1A-B 2B-C 3A-C