From: Sustainability of residential environmental interventions and health outcomes in the elderly
Outcomes (N = 60) | OAS baseline | OAS final | OAS baseline to final difference a | OAFS follow-up | OAS baseline to OAFS follow-up difference b | OAS final to OAS follow-up difference c |
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Past 12 months | ||||||
Emergency room visits | 0.64 | 0.41 | 0.24 | 0.30 | 0.34 | 0.12 |
Doctor visits | 0.69 | 0.41 | 0.49* | 0.63 | 0.02 | −0.22 |
Hospitalizations | 0.39 | 0.22 | 0.17 | 0.28 | 0.10 | −0.05 |
Time on antibiotics for chest illnesses | 0.81 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.65 | 0.15 | −0.26 |
SGRQ scales (previous 3 months) | ||||||
Symptoms | 52.4 | 40.4 | 12.8* | 46.0 | 6.39 | −5.51 |
Activity | 75.3 | 72.0 | 3.87 | 77.0 | −2.07 | −4.80 |
Impact | 52.5 | 38.8 | 14.5* | 48.1 | 4.44 | −9.71* |
ACT scores | ||||||
Previous 4 weeks | 13.6 | 16.1 | −2.6* | 14.7 | −1.1 | 1.39 |
Environmental indices | ||||||
Allergen index score | 4.02 | 2.4 | 1.90* | 4.57 | −0.27 | −2.17* |
Cleaning index score | 4.55 | 3.92 | 0.63* | 3.98 | 0.57* | −0.07 |