Variables | All groups | ESD 1 group | ESD 2 group | Control group | p-value† | ||||||||
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mRS; mean (SD) (n) | |||||||||||||
Baseline; all | 2.59 | (1.22) | (306) | 2.52 | (1.29) | (103) | 2.59 | (1.15) | (104) | 2.66 | (1.23) | (99) | 0.711 |
Males | 2.53 | (1.22) | (169) | 2.52 | (1.24) | (56) | 2.51 | (1.16) | (61) | 2.56 | (1.27) | (52) | 0.959 |
Females | 2.66 | (1.23) | (137) | 2.53 | (1.36) | (47) | 2.70 | (1.12) | (43) | 2.77 | (1.18) | (47) | 0.651 |
3 months; all | 2.45 | (1.41) | (242) | 2.45 | (1.46) | (82) | 2.30 | (1.37) | (89) | 2.62 | (1.40) | (71) | 0.316 |
Males | #2.25 | (1.34) | (134) | 2.32 | (1.44) | (44) | 2.08 | (1.16) | (51) | 2.38 | (1.44) | (39) | 0.612 |
Females | 2.69 | (1.46) | (108) | 2.61 | (1.48) | (38) | 2.61 | (1.57) | (38) | 2.91 | (1.30) | (32) | 0.530 |
6 months; all | 2.52 | (1.50) | (229) | 2.40 | (1.53) | (81) | 2.46 | (1.45) | (82) | 2.73 | (1.52) | (66) | 0.410 |
Males | §2.26 | (1.42) | (122) | 2.17 | (1.58) | (42) | ||2.09 | (1.18) | (45) | 2.60 | (1.50) | (35) | 0.248 |
Females | 2.80 | (1.54) | (107) | 2.64 | (1.46) | (39) | 2.92 | (1.62) | (37) | 2.87 | (1.57) | (31) | 0.796 |
Change scores 0–3 months | −0.22 | (1.08) | (242) | −0.26 | (0.93) | (82) | −0.36 | (1.21) | (89) | 0.00 | (1.07) | (71) | 0.063 |
Change scores 0–6 months | −0.15 | (1.21) | (229) | −0.23 | (1.08) | (81) | −0.36 | (1.21) | (89) | 0.00 | (1.19) | (66) | 0.532 |
Barthel Index; median (IQR) (n) | |||||||||||||
Baseline | 95 | (40) | (304) | 100 | (50) | (102) | 92.5 | (35) | (104) | 95 | (45) | (98) | 0.742 |
3 months | 100 | (15) | (231) | 100 | (15) | (78) | 97.5 | (10) | (86) | 100 | (20) | (67) | 0.976 |
6 months | 100 | (15) | (213) | 100 | (15) | (76) | 100 | (10) | (77) | 100 | (15) | (60) | 0.977 |
Change scores 0–3 months | 0 | (20) | (229) | 0 | (20) | (77) | 0 | (20) | (86) | 0 | (15) | (66) | 0.642 |
Change scores 0–6 months | 0 | (20) | (211) | 0 | (20) | (75) | 0 | (20) | (77) | 0 | (20) | (59) | 0.912 |
NIHSS; median (IQR) (n) | |||||||||||||
Baseline | 3 | (4) | (304) | 2 | (4) | (103) | 3 | (3) | (104) | 2 | (4) | (97) | 0.593 |
3 months | 2 | (3) | (226) | 2 | (3) | (76) | 2 | (3.5) | (84) | 2 | (3) | (66) | 0.925 |
6 months | 2 | (3) | (205) | 1 | (3) | (73) | 1.5 | (3.5) | (76) | 2 | (3.5) | (56) | 0.718 |
Change scores 0–3 months | −1 | (3) | (224) | −1 | (3) | (76) | −1 | (3) | (84) | 0 | (3) | (64) | 0.370 |
Change scores 0–6 months | −1 | (3) | (203) | −1 | (3) | (73) | −1 | (2) | (76) | −1 | (3) | (54) | 0.615 |
Patient satisfaction; mean (SD) (n) | |||||||||||||
3 months | 1.50 | (0.99) | (187) | 1.32 | (0.78) | (62) | 1.49 | (0.91) | (70) | 1.71 | (1.23) | (55) | 0.115 |
6 months | 1.59 | (1.08) | (197) | 1.62 | (1.22) | (73) | 1.51 | (0.98) | (71) | 1.68 | (1.01) | (53) | 0.355 |