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

Mean ± SD.