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

Table 2

Comparison of preexisting medical conditions of stroke patients before and after CP implementation.

	Before ()	After ()	value
Hypertension	70 (70.0%)	640 (74.4%)	0.405
Alcohol abuse	38 (38.0%)	365 (42.4%)	0.456
Diabetes mellitus	33 (33.0%)	236 (27.4%)	0.292
Smoking	31 (31.0%)	221 (25.7%)	0.307
Cardiac arrhythmia	28 (28.0%)	144 (16.7%)	0.008
Osteoarthritis	25 (25.0%)	221 (25.7%)	0.976
Dyslipidemia	25 (25.0%)	104 (12.1%)	0.001
Previous stroke	20 (20.0%)	145 (16.9%)	0.517
Coronary artery disease	12 (12.0%)	76 (8.8%)	0.393
Valvular heart disease	6 (6.0%)	76 (8.8%)	0.440
Renal failure	5 (5.0%)	34 (4.0%)	0.815
COPD/asthma	4 (4.0%)	34 (4.0%)	1.000
Deep vein thrombosis	2 (2.0%)	41 (4.8%)	0.312
Hydrocephalus	2 (2.0%)	9 (1.0%)	0.725
Seizure history	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.7%)	0.867

Values are presented as the number (%). CP: critical pathway; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. , , and .