Integrated Medical Care and the Continuous 4C Nursing Model to Improve Nursing Quality and Clinical Treatment of Patients with Acute Stroke: Based on a Retrospective Case-Control Study

Table 5

Comparison of the Barthel index.

Group	N	Before nursing	Discharge	1 month after discharge	3 months after discharge	6 months after discharge
Control	156	33.55 ± 3.75	46.54 ± 3.33^a	54.34 ± 5.56^ab	78.77 ± 4.32^abc	88.42 ± 3.87^abcd
Study	157	33.31 ± 3.42	58.42 ± 4.77^a	65.65 ± 3.42^ab	84.55 ± 5.67^abc	98.67 ± 4.86^abcd
t		0.591	25.533	21.690	10.139	20.632
		0.554	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001

Note. Compared with before nursing, aP < 0.05; compared with discharge, bP < 0.05; compared with 1 month after discharge, cP < 0.05; compared with 3 months after discharge, dP < 0.05.