Impact of Cognitive Impairment on Functional Outcome in Stroke

Table 3

Barthel Index scores, ambulation levels and Modified Rankin Stages of the study groups.

	Cognitively impaired group			$P$ value	Cognitively normal group			$P$ value
	Admission	Discharge	6. Month Control		Admission	Discharge	6. Month Control
Barthel Index score	52.32 $\pm$ 20.83	61.25 $\pm$ 18.44	65.89 $\pm$ 18.41	.000*$<$.05**	60.94 $\pm$ 22.15	72.19 $\pm$ 22.11	71.56 $\pm$ 17.5	.000*$<.$05^* *
Ambulation Level	1.79 $\pm$ 0.91	2.71 $\pm$ 0.81	2.82 $\pm$ 0.90	$<$.004^†$<$.05**	2.13 $\pm$ 1.25	3.13 $\pm$ 0.88	3.44 $\pm$ 0.96	$<.$000^†$<.$05**
Modified Rankin Stage	3.46 $\pm$ 0.92	3.07 $\pm$ 0.90	2.93$\pm$ 0.97	$<$.000^†$<$.05**	3.13 $\pm$ 1.20	2.81$\pm$ 0.98	2.81 $\pm$ 1.1	$<.$00^†$<.$05**

*variance analysis for repetitive measurements
^†friedman test
**paired $t$ test.