Skip to main content

Table 3 Post referral, patients who received outpatient therapy services versus those who did not based on discharge setting

From: Referral patterns of stroke rehabilitation inpatients to a model system of outpatient services in Ontario, Canada: a 7-year retrospective analysis

 

Outpatient Therapy Services Received, N = 721

No Outpatient Therapy Services Received, N = 170

Between group - Home

Between group - Other

Demographic Characteristics

Discharged Home

N = 626

Discharged to Other Institution

N = 95

Discharged Home

N = 135

Discharged to Other Institution

N = 35

Mean Age, years

65.8 ± 13.5

73.6 ± 13.1

70.9 ± 12.0

73.8 ± 10.9

< 0.001

0.917

Gender (%)

 Male

352 (56.2)

47 (49.5)

71 (52.6)

21 (60.0)

0.429

0.312

 Female

273 (43.6)

47 (49.5)

64 (47.4)

14 (40.0)

  

 Unknown

1 (0.2)

1 (1.1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  

Stroke Severity (%)

 Mild

141 (22.5)

6 (6.3)

23 (17.0)

0 (0)

0.361

0.201

 Moderate

309 (49.4)

36 (37.9)

70 (51.9)

11 (31.4)

  

 Severe

176 (28.1)

53 (55.8)

42 (31.1)

24 (68.6)

  

Rehabilitation Client Group (%)

 Stroke Left Body

238 (38.0)

30 (31.6)

51 (37.8)

20 (57.1)

0.240

0.082

 Stroke Right Body

299 (47.8)

54 (56.8)

58 (43.0)

14 (40.0)

  

 Stroke Bilateral

28 (4.5)

3 (3.2)

12 (8.9)

0 (0)

  

 Stroke No Paresis

27 (4.3)

3 (3.2)

8 (5.9)

0 (0)

  

 Other Stroke

34 (5.4)

5 (5.3)

6 (4.4)

1 (2.9)

  

Mean Admission FIM

 Motor

55.4 ± 20.4

40.2 ± 17.3

54.5 ± 19.6

35.8 ± 18.9

0.634

0.217

 Cognitive

26.2 ± 6.2

22.9 ± 7.3

25.3 ± 5.7

22.7 ± 6.3

0.124

0.890

 Total

81.6 ± 22.9

63.1 ± 20.7

79.8 ± 21.8

58.5 ± 21.0

0.394

0.271

Mean Discharge FIM

 Motor

77.3 ± 14.1

57.6 ± 19.6

73.4 ± 15.0

53.5 ± 23.2

0.004

0.342

 Cognitive

29.3 ± 5.0

25.2 ± 6.5

28.2 ± 4.6

25.7 ± 6.1

0.017

0.731

 Total

106.6 ± 16.5

82.8 ± 23.0

101.6 ± 16.8

79.1 ± 25.9

0.002

0.465

Mean Inpatient Length of Stay, days

30.5 ± 16.6

48.4 ± 28.1

30.2 ± 14.3

49.7 ± 36.1

0.872

0.838

Mean Distance to Hospital, km

17.4 ± 18.5

18.9 ± 18.1

17.1 ± 16.7

23.0 ± 22.6

0.849

0.342

  1. Mean ± Standard deviation, FIM = Functional Independence Measure