Assessment of the Implementation of Critical Pathway in Stroke Patients: A 10-Year Follow-Up Study

Table 1

Comparison of demographic and stroke characteristics before and after CP implementation.

	Before ()	After ()	value
Age			0.163
Gender			0.692
Male	53 (53.0%)	433 (50.3%)
Female	47 (47.0%)	427 (49.7%)
Cause of stroke			1.000
Hemorrhage	52 (52.0%)	448 (52.1%)
Infarction	48 (48.0%)	412 (47.9%)
Side of hemiplegia			0.236
Right	49 (49.0%)	349 (40.6%)
Left	36 (36.0%)	379 (44.1%)
Bilateral	15 (15.0%)	132 (15.3%)
Location of lesion			0.195
Cortical	3 (3.0%)	37 (4.3%)
Infratentorial	10 (10.0%)	140 (16.3%)
Subcortical	87 (87.0%)	683 (79.4%)

Values are presented as the or number (%). CP: critical pathway. , , and .