Study | Patient group | Outcome measure | Estimate of treatment effect (Intervention/Control) | Result (P values if ≤ 0.05, or reported 95% CIsa) |
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1. Function | ||||
Askim | Stroke patients discharged to rural areas | Independent at | ||
6 wks | 51.6/51.6% | NSb | ||
12 months | 39.0/52.0% | NS | ||
Fagerberg | Stroke patients requiring hospitalisation | |||
Barthel Index | ||||
Baseline | 44/42 | NS | ||
3 wks | 71/67 | NS | ||
3 mo | 80/79 | NS | ||
12 mo | 82/76 | NS | ||
At home | ||||
3 wks | 46/44"% | NS | ||
3 mo | 68/61% | NS | ||
12 mo | 61/59% | NS | ||
Trondheim Study Ingeberg | Early discharge from stroke unit vs normal care | % at home | ||
post initial admission | 64.4/45.6% | P 0.001 | ||
6 wks | 74.4/55.6% | P 0.0004 | ||
26 wks | 78.8/73.2% | P 0.239 | ||
52 wks | 75/68.8% | P 0.265 | ||
Independent at | ||||
26 wks | 65/51.9% | P 0.017 | ||
Rankin Scale <2 | ORc 1.72 (1.10–2.70) | |||
Barthel Index <95 | 1.54 (0.99–2.39)\ | |||
52 wks | Rankin Scale <2 | OR 1.56 (1.02–2.44) | ||
56.4/44% | ||||
2. Mortality | ||||
Fagerberg | Stroke patients requiring hospitalsation | 3 wks | 9/10% | NS |
3 mo | 13/16% | NS | ||
12 mo | 27/23% | NS | ||
Trondheim | Early discharge from stroke unit vs normal care | 6 wks | 2.5/4/4% | NS |
26 wks | 8.1/9.4% | NS | ||
52 wks | 13.1/16.3 | NS | ||
3. Quality of Life | ||||
Askim | Stroke patients discharged to rural areas | Nottingham Health Profile | ||
Seven subscales | ||||
6 weeks | NS | |||
26 weeks | Social isolation subscale | 0.046 | ||
Others (6 subscales) | NS | |||
52 weeks | NS | |||
Caregiver Strain 'Index | ||||
6 weeks | NS | |||
26 weeks | NS | |||
52 weeks | NS | |||
Trondheim | Early discharge from stroke unit vs normal care | Global Nottingham Profile | ||
52 wks | ||||
Part 1 | 81.6/78.9 (median) | 0.048 | ||
Part 2 | 84.3/79.4 | 0.073 | ||
Caregiver Strain index | ||||
52 wks | Trend favours intervention | 0.076 | ||
3. Service utilisation | ||||
Trondheim | Early discharge from stroke unit vs normal care | Days as inpatient 52 wks | 18.6/31.1 | 0.032 |