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Table 6 Discharge destination and days of in-patient treatment first six months after inclusion in 306 ESD Stroke Bergen study patients

From: Early supported discharge after stroke in Bergen (ESD Stroke Bergen): three and six months results of a randomised controlled trial comparing two early supported discharge schemes with treatment as usual

Variables

All N = 306

ESD 1 group n = 103

ESD 2 group n = 104

Control group n = 99

p-value*

Discharged from stroke unit to home; n (%)

171 (55.9)

54 (52.4)

60 (57.7)

57 (57.6)

0.687

Days in institution from stroke to first discharge home within first 6 months after inclusion; mean (SEM)

38.4 (2.9)

37.7 (5.1)

35.6 (4.6)

42.2 (5.6)

0.881

Total days in institution from stroke until 6 months after inclusion; mean (SEM)

45.5 (3.1)

46.0 (5.5)

42.8 (5.0)

47.7 (5.5)

0.930

  Days in stroke unit

11.4 (0.4)

11.3 (0.6)

11.3 (0.7)

11.6 (0.8)

0.919

  Days in DPMR

7.3 (1.2)

7.9 (2.0)

7.6 (1.9)

6.5 (2.3)

0.560

  Days in municipal institution

24.0 (2.6)

23.4 (4.6)

21.5 (4.5)

27.4 (4.5)

0.111

Other

2.7 (0.4)

3.4 (0.7)

2.5 (0.5)

2.1 (0.6)

0.074

  1. Abbreviations: ESD = Early Supported Discharge; SEM = standard error of the mean; DPMR = Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
  2. *Analysed by χ2-test (discharge to home) and Kruskal-Wallis test (institution days).