Neurobehavioral recovery in patients who emerged from prolonged disorder of consciousness: a retrospective study

BMC Neurology

Table 3 Descriptive data for progress in CRS-R scores during neurorehabilitation

Outcome Measures	Emergence from PDoC		p-value^*	Remain as PDoC		p-value^*	p-value^†	p-value^‡
Outcome Measures	Admission	Discharge	p-value^*	Admission	Discharge	p-value^*	p-value^†	p-value^‡
Auditory	2 (2, 3)	4 (3.5, 4)	< 0.001	1 (1, 1)	1 (1, 2)	0.042	< 0.001	< 0.001
Visual	3 (2, 4)	4 (4, 5)	< 0.001	1 (0, 1)	1 (1, 3)	0.011	< 0.001	0.004
Motor	4 (2, 5)	6 (5, 6)	< 0.001	2 (1, 2)	2 (1, 3)	0.005	< 0.001	0.001
Oromotor	1 (1, 2)	2 (2, 3)	0.001	1 (0, 1)	1 (1, 1)	0.001	0.002	0.041
Communication	1 (0, 1)	2 (2, 2)	< 0.001	0 (0, 0)	0 (0, 0)	0.149	< 0.001	< 0.001
Arousal	2 (2, 2.5)	3 (3, 3)	< 0.001	2 (1, 2)	2 (2, 2)	0.105	0.046	0.001

Values are presented as median (IQR)
CRS-R JFK Coma Recovery Scale-Revised, PDoC prolonged disorder of consciousness
^* Comparison between CRS-R scores at admission and discharge in each group
^† Comparison between admission CRS-R scores in the dichotomized groups
^‡Comparison between the degrees of advancement in the CRS-R scores in the dichotomized groups

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