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Table 1 Description of study population

From: Community care coordination for stroke survivors: results of a complex intervention study

Characteristics

Intervention group (coordinated care)

Control group (usual care)

 

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