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

Table 4

Comparison of functional states at transfer to rehabilitation center and discharge before and after CP implementation.

	Before	After	value
Total
mRS			0.237
Br-stage UE proximal			0.000
Br-stage UE distal			0.005
Br-stage LE			0.000
K-MBI (at transfer)			0.863
K-MBI (at discharge)			0.567
K-MBI gain^a			0.510
K-MBI efficiency^b			0.475
Infarction
mRS			0.344
Br-stage UE proximal			0.000
Br-stage UE distal			0.000
Br-stage LE			0.000
K-MBI (at transfer)			0.143
K-MBI (at discharge)			0.116
K-MBI gain^a			0.615
K-MBI efficiency^b			0.132
Hemorrhage
mRS			0.342
Br-stage UE proximal			0.467
Br-stage UE distal			0.769
Br-stage LE			0.270
K-MBI (at transfer)			0.142
K-MBI (at discharge)			0.066
K-MBI gain^a			0.661
K-MBI efficiency^b			0.320

Values are presented as the . CP: critical pathway; mRS: modified Rankin Scale; Br-stage: Brunnstrom stage; UE: upper extremity; LE: lower extremity; K-MBI: Korean version of the Modified Barthel Index. ^aFunction at discharge: function at rehabilitation start. ^bGain/rehabilitation stays (days). , , and .