Table 2

Observed Differences in Scores between Week 1 and Final Week compared with Likert scores

Change scores (SD)

Domain
Worse/Much worse (n = 1)
A little worse (n = 3)
No change (n = 24)
A little better (n = 18)
Better/Much better (n = 17)
Spearmans rho

FLP physical
-28
-0.7 (1.1)
10.6 (53.2)
-4.5 (45.2)
-27.7 (49.1)
-0.267*
FLP psychological
7
33.0 (109.1)
12.4 (80.6)
-43.7 (75.4)
-15.7 (74.9)
-0.195
FLP total
-54
30.0 (105.5)
29.5 (124.2)
-32.4 (103.8)
-43.2 (95.5)
-0.262*
Barthel
-
0.67 (0.58)
0.24 (0.66)
0.29 (0.73)
0.67 (0.98)
0.098
PGI
0
5.0 (46.3)
-0.6 (30.6)
-9.4 (44.0)
13.1 (41.5)
0.141
PGI with original domains
0
-11.0 (39.7)
-7.8 (42.0)
-1.7 (35.6)
9.4 (37.6)
0.191

FLP: Functional Limitations Profile

PGI: Patient Generated Index

* P < 0.05

Witham et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008 6:27   doi:10.1186/1477-7525-6-27