Table 1 Patient characteristics associated with functional status at 3-months (N, %)
Variable | Total N = 1965 | Not disabled | Disabled | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(mRS 0–2; N = 1286) | (mRS 3–5; N = 679) | ||||||
Educational attainment | |||||||
Low/less educated (≤ high school) | 1131 | 57.6 | 677 | 52.6 | 454 | 66.9 | <.001 |
More (> high school) | 834 | 42.4 | 609 | 47.4 | 225 | 33.1 | |
Working status | <.001 | ||||||
Working pre-stroke | 767 | 39.0 | 593 | 46.1 | 174 | 25.6 | |
Retired | 865 | 44.0 | 528 | 41.1 | 337 | 49.6 | |
Disabled and not working | 164 | 8.4 | 82 | 6.4 | 82 | 12.1 | |
Unemployed/homemaker | 169 | 8.6 | 83 | 6.5 | 86 | 12.7 | |
Perceived adequacy of household income: Inadequate | 533 | 27.1 | 290 | 22.5 | 243 | 35.8 | <.001 |
Adequate income | 1432 | 72.9 | 996 | 77.5 | 436 | 64.2 | |
Age, Mean – STD | 65.5 | 13.7 | 64.2 | 13.3 | 68.1 | 14.0 | <.001 |
Median - IQR | 66.0 | 56.0-76.0 | 65.0 | 55.0-74.0 | 69.0 | 58.0-80.0 | |
Gender | |||||||
Female | 869 | 44.2 | 513 | 39.9 | 356 | 52.4 | <.001 |
Male | 1095 | 55.7 | 772 | 60.0 | 323 | 47.6 | |
Race/Ethnicity, | |||||||
White | 1626 | 82.8 | 1081 | 84.1 | 545 | 80.3 | 0.005 |
Black or African American | 222 | 10.6 | 125 | 9.1 | 97 | 13.4 | |
Asian | 21 | 1.1 | 11 | 0.9 | 10 | 1.5 | |
Am. Indian/Alaska Native | 9 | 0.5 | 8 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.2 | |
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Is. | 4 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.4 | |
Hispanic | 54 | 2.8 | 31 | 2.4 | 23 | 3.4 | |
Other, unable to determine | 37 | 1.9 | 31 | 2.4 | 6 | 0.9 | |
Previous stroke or transient ischemic attack, Yes | 427 | 23.7 | 237 | 20.4 | 190 | 30.0 | <.001 |
Diabetes mellitus, Yes | 559 | 31.1 | 334 | 28.7 | 225 | 35.4 | 0.003 |
Hypertension, Yes | 1408 | 78.2 | 895 | 76.9 | 513 | 80.7 | 0.064 |
Smoker, Yes | 474 | 26.3 | 303 | 26.0 | 171 | 26.9 | 0.694 |
Symptom onset to tPA time in minutes, Mean – STD | 134.7 | 33.3 | 132.7 | 35.4 | 137.7 | 29.8 | 0.412 |
(Number treated with tPA) | (167) | (101) | (66) | ||||
Stroke severity (NIHSS Score)*, Mean – STD | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 4.3) | 6.9 | (5.9) | <.001 |
Ambulatory status at discharge, **Independent | 1209 | 61.5 | 936 | 72.8 | 273 | 40.2 | <.001 |
With person assist | 548 | 27.9 | 258 | 20.1 | 290 | 42.7 | |
Unable to ambulate | 108 | 5.5 | 25 | 1.9 | 83 | 12.2 | |
Discharge destination | <.001 | ||||||
Home | 1172 | 59.6 | 929 | 72.2 | 243 | 35.8 | |
Rehabilitation | 611 | 31.1 | 283 | 22.0 | 328 | 48.3 | |
Skilled nursing facility | 130 | 6.6 | 47 | 3.7 | 83 | 12.2 | |
Left AMA | 2 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Transfer to acute care | 38 | 1.9 | 20 | 1.6 | 18 | 2.7 | |
Hospice | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.2 | |