Sustainability of residential environmental interventions and health outcomes in the elderly

Table 2 Elders’ health and environmental outcomes

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
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

^* Significant difference at p ≤ 0.05
^a Change is calculated as a difference in paired values (OAS Baseline - OAS Final)
^b Change is calculated as a difference in paired values (OAS Baseline - OAFS Follow-up)
^c Change is calculated as a difference in paired values (OAS Final - OAFS Follow-up)

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