Patient and service factors associated with referral and admission to inpatient rehabilitation after the acute phase of stroke in Australia and Norway

Table 3 Associations for additional Norway-only factors

Factor	Referral (n = 723) ^a		Admission (n = 267) ^b
Factor	OR (95% CI)	aOR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	aOR (95% CI)
History of cognitive impairment or dementia	0.14 (0.06, 0.32)	0.13 (0.05, 0.30)	0.32 (0.06, 1.65)	0.48 (0.09, 2.48)
MMSE score	0.97 (0.94, 1.00)	0.97 (0.93, 1.01)	1.08 (1.02, 1.14)	1.07 (1.01, 1.15)
Independent post-stroke ^c	0.50 (0.36, 0.70)	0.37 (0.24, 0.57)	0.98 (0.54, 1.78)	1.05 (0.53, 2.07)
Continent of urine post-stroke	0.64 (0.40, 1.04)	0.81 (0.46, 1.42)	1.90 (0.93, 3.86)	1.77 (0.77, 4.08)

Univariable and multivariable analyses for factors associated with referral (among all patients) and admission (among referred patients) to inpatient rehabilitation. Multivariable analyses (aOR) adjusted for age, sex, NIHSS (continuous and squared)
OR = odds ratio; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval; aOR = adjusted OR; MMSE = Mini Mental State Examination; NIHSS=National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale
^a Exceptions: MMSE score (n = 430); Independent post-stroke (n = 606); continent of urine post-stroke (n = 375)
^b Exceptions: MMSE score (n = 198); Independent post-stroke (n = 234); continent of urine post-stroke (n = 177)
^c Independent = Barthel Index score ≥ 85 or modified Rankin Scale score ≤ 2

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