Research Article
Sequence Analysis of Long-Term Readmissions among High-Impact Users of Cerebrovascular Patients
Table 1
Characteristics of subgroups in the patients with cerebrovascular conditions.
| | Associated covariates | Ischaemic stroke | Intracranial haemorrhage | TIA | | Low-impact () | Short-term high-impact () | Chronic high-impact () | value | Low-impact () | Short-term high-impact () | Chronic high-impact () | value | Low-impact () | Short-term high-impact () | Chronic high-impact () | value |
| | Age (mean ± SD) | 71.1 (13.7) | 75.3 (12.1) | 77.1 (11.5) | <0.01 | 69.9 (17.0) | 73.4 (15.8) | 76.9 (14.6) | <0.01 | 70.7 (13.7) | 76.9 (11.8) | 78.9 (11.7) | <0.01 | | Sex (male) | 53.0% | 49.2% | 50.9% | <0.01 | 62.8% | 62.7% | 66.6% | 0.76 | 50.0% | 45.6% | 46.2% | <0.01 | | Living alone | 13.2% | 17.6% | 15.4% | <0.01 | 10.3% | 13.3% | 13.3% | 0.10 | 9.6% | 15.4% | 13.9% | <0.01 | | Charlson comorbidity score > 1 | 36.7% | 47.6% | 57.6% | <0.01 | 34.6% | 43.9% | 52.2% | <0.01 | 33.5% | 47.2% | 55.2% | <0.01 | | Carstairs socioeconomic quintile (mean ± SD) | 2.9 (1.4) | 3.2 (1.4) | 3.2 (1.4) | <0.01 | 2.9 (1.4) | 3.2 (1.3) | 3.1 (1.3) | <0.01 | 2.9 (1.3) | 3.1 (1.3) | 3.2 (1.3) | <0.01 | | Index stroke length of stay (mean ± SD) | 12.9 (19.7) | 18.5 (25.4) | 21.3 (30.4) | <0.01 | 9.9 (15.4) | 14.2 (22.9) | 15.9 (20.9) | <0.01 | 2.5 (5.3) | 3.99 (7.2) | 5.49 (12.0) | <0.01 | | Number of Hospital acquired complications (mean ± SD) | 0.3 (0.6) | 0.4 (0.6) | 0.5 (0.7) | <0.01 | 0.3 (0.6) | 0.6 (0.7) | 0.7 (0.9) | <0.01 | 0.2 (0.4) | 0.34 (0.5) | 0.41 (0.6) | <0.01 | | Dementia | 3.5% | 3.9% | 6.2% | <0.01 | 7.0% | 8.7% | 10.0% | 0.27 | 4.5% | 6.1% | 11.1% | <0.01 | | Renal failure | 0.8% | 1.3% | 2.7% | <0.01 | 1.0% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.68 | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.0% | <0.01 | | Ischaemic heart disease | 5.7% | 8.3% | 9.8% | <0.01 | 4.4% | 6.0% | 6.7% | 0.22 | 5.9% | 10.3% | 11.7% | <0.01 | | Atrial fibrillation | 21.9% | 26.6% | 31.7% | <0.01 | 15.6% | 19.3% | 20.0% | 0.07 | 14.7% | 22.4% | 25.9% | <0.01 | | Anaemia | 2.0% | 2.7% | 3.3% | <0.01 | 2.2% | 2.7% | 1.1% | 0.56 | 1.7% | 3.3% | 4.3% | <0.01 | | Epilepsy | 2.2% | 3.9% | 6.3% | <0.01 | 5.9% | 8.9% | 14.4% | <0.01 | 1.8% | 3.3% | 5.6% | <0.01 | | Hearing loss | 1.7% | 2.2% | 2.5% | <0.01 | 2.0% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 0.82 | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1.4% | <0.01 | | Vision loss | 1.3% | 2.1% | 2.6% | <0.01 | 1.4% | 1.8% | 0.0% | 0.39 | 1.1% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 0.01 | | Paralysis | 3.8% | 4.6% | 4.1% | <0.01 | 3.9% | 4.9% | 5.6% | 0.67 | 1.7% | 3.0% | 3.1% | <0.01 | | Previous stroke | 9.6% | 16.7% | 22.3% | <0.01 | 8.7% | 15.9% | 14.4% | <0.01 | 12.6% | 23.9% | 30.1% | <0.01 | | Bowel or urinary incontinence | 2.9% | 3.9% | 6.1% | <0.01 | 2.4% | 3.5% | 5.6% | 0.09 | 0.8% | 1.3% | 1.4% | <0.01 | | Mental health disorders | 7.2% | 9.2% | 11.3% | <0.01 | 10.3% | 13.7% | 18.9% | <0.01 | 7.9% | 10.7% | 14.1% | <0.01 | | Use of thrombolysis | 6.3% | 5.9% | 4.7% | 0.01 | — | — | — | | — | — | — | | | CNS procedures | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.3% | <0.01 | 18.7% | 14.1% | 10.0% | <0.01 | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.02 | | Other procedures | 1.4% | 1.9% | 3.1% | <0.01 | 2.44% | 4.01% | 3.33% | 0.13 | 0.29% | 0.31% | 0.46% | 0.72 | | Discharge to nursing home | 5.1% | 5.9% | 8.9% | <0.01 | 3.05% | 3.65% | 7.78% | 0.04 | 0.96% | 1.50% | 2.32% | <0.01 |
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