Comparison of all-cause hospitalisation(s) between study groups in the year preceding enrolment and for 2 yrs' follow-up
| Preceding year | Study year | 2nd yr follow-up | ||||
| Self-management | Standard care | Self-management | Standard care | Self-management | Standard care | |
| Admissions n | 126 | 133 | 89 | 148 | 104 | 132 |
| Patient-yrs n | 96 | 95 | 93.9 | 89.7 | 86.2 | 79.9 |
| Hospitalisations·patient-yr−1 | 1.30 | 1.40 | 0.95 | 1.65 | 1.21 | 1.65 |
| Reduction in hospitalisations·patient-yr−1# | −0.10 (−0.27–0.07) | −0.70 (−0.95– −0.46) | −0.44 (−0.68– −0.21) | |||
| Treatment difference¶ % | −6.3 | −42.6 | −26.9 | |||
#: reduction in the rate of all-cause hospitalisations in the self-management group as compared to the standard-care group (95% confidence interval); ¶: differences were calculated by dividing the absolute difference between groups by the standard-care group value.