From: Community care coordination for stroke survivors: results of a complex intervention study
Characteristics | Intervention group (coordinated care) | Control group (usual care) | ||||
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 | Telephone group n = 61 | Face-to-face group n = 30 | Standardized mean difference between intervention sub-groups | Total n = 91 | Total n = 270 | Standardized mean difference between intervention and control group |
Sex, % (n) | ||||||
 Female | 42.6 (26) | 56.7 (17) | 0.28 | 47.3 | 47.4 (128) | < 0.01 |
 Male | 57.4 (35) | 43.3 (13) | 52.7 | 52.6 (142) | ||
Age, mean (SD) | ||||||
 All | 75.4 (9.3) | 75.0 (9.2) | 0.04 | 75.3 (9.2) | 75.2 (9.5) | < 0.01 |
 Female | 78.0 (9.0) | 77.1 (9.0) | 77.6 (8.9) | 77.6 (8.8) | ||
 Male | 73.5 (9.2) | 72.3 (9.0) | 73.2 (9.1) | 73.0 (9.5) | ||
Dependency before strokein degree of severity, % (n) | ||||||
 None | 77.0 (47) | 63.3 (19) | 0.22 | 72.5 (66) | 73.7 (199) | 0.04 |
 Degree 1 | 13.1 (8) | 23.3 (7) | 16.5 (15) | 16.7 (45) | ||
 Degree 2 | 8.2 (5) | 13.3 (4) | 9.9 (9) | 8.5 (23) | ||
 Degree 3 | 1.6 (1) | 0.0 (0) | 1.1 (1) | 1.1 (3) | ||
Stroke type, % (n) | ||||||
 Ischemia | 82.0 (50) | 83.3 (25) | 0.40 | 82.4 (75) | 81.9 (221) | 0.04 |
Hemorrhage | 8.2 (5) | 13.3 (4) | 9.9 (9) | 9.6 (26) | ||
 TIA | 6.6 (4) | 0,0 (0) | 4.4 (4) | 5.2 (14) | ||
 Non-specified stroke | 3.3 (2) | 3.3 (1) | 3.3 (3) | 3.3 (9) | ||
 Length of stay (days) in acute hospital (including direct transfers between hospitals/ wards), median (IQR) | 10.0 (6.0–16.5) | 20.5 (11.8–62.5) | 0.63 | 12.0 (8.0–29.0) | 13.0 (7.0–27.0) | 0.20 |
 Length of observation in months (max. 12 months), median (IQR) | 12.0 (9.7–12.0) | 12.0 (12.0–12.0) | 0.16 | 12.0 (10.2–12.0) | 12.0 (12.0–12.0) | 0.80 |
Comorbidities, % (n) | ||||||
 Diabetes | 29.5 (18) | 40.0 (12) | 0.22 | 33.0 (30) | 33.7 (91) | 0.02 |
 Hypertension | 80.3 (49) | 76.7 (23) | 0.09 | 79.1 (72) | 66.7 (180) | 0.28 |
 Ischemic heart disease | 18.0 (11) | 13.3 (4) | 0.13 | 16.5 (15) | 14.1 (38) | 0.07 |
 Renal insufficiency | 19.7 (12) | 16.7 (5) | 0.08 | 18.7 (17) | 13.7 (37) | 0.14 |
 Dementia | 8.2 (5) | 3.3 (1) | 0.21 | 6.6 (6) | 8.9 (24) | 0.09 |
 Atrial fibrillation | 36.1 (22) | 46.7 (14) | 0.21 | 39.6 (36) | 25.9 (70) | 0.29 |
 Cardiac insufficiency | 6.6 (4) | 6.7 (2) | 0.01 | 6.6 (6) | 11.1 (30) | 0.16 |
 Obesity | 4.9 (3) | 6.7 (2) | 0.07 | 5.5 (5) | 5.9 (16) | 0.02 |
 Asthma/COPD | 4.9 (3) | 0 (0) | 0.32 | 3.3 (3) | 5.9 (16) | 0.13 |
 Lipid metabolism disorders | 44.3 (27) | 40.0 (12) | 0.09 | 42.9 (39) | 21.9 (59) | 0.46 |
 Number of comorbidities, median (IQR) | 3.0 (2.0–3.0) | 3.0 (2.0–3.0) | 0.02 | 3.0 (2.0–3.0) | 2.0 (1.0–3.0) | 0.28 |