Research Article
Impact of Polypharmacy on the Rehabilitation Outcome of Japanese Stroke Patients in the Convalescent Rehabilitation Ward
Table 4
Comparison of oral drugs being taken upon admission.
| Characteristic | All patients () | Polypharmacy group () | Nonpolypharmacy group () | value |
| Drugs , (%) | | | | | Antihypertensive | 101 (70.1) | 35 (72.9) | 66 (68.8) | 0.6065 | Antidiabetic | 25 (17.4) | 16 (33.3) | 9 (9.4) | 0.0003 | Antidyslipidemic | 47 (32.6) | 18 (37.5) | 29 (30.2) | 0.3790 | Bisphosphonate | 3 (2.1) | 2 (4.2) | 1 (1.0) | 0.2158 | Antiepileptic | 16 (11.1) | 8 (16.7) | 8 (8.3) | 0.1336 | Antidementia | 8 (5.6) | 6 (12.5) | 2 (2.1) | 0.0101 | Antianxiety | 5 (3.5) | 5 (10.4) | 0 (0) | 0.0013 | Hypnotic sedative | 14 (9.7) | 5 (10.4) | 9 (9.4) | 0.8423 |
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