Acute Hospital Admission for Stroke Is Characterised by Inactivity

Table 1

Participant characteristics and stroke diagnostics.

Demographic	All ()	Monitored ≥3 days ()	Monitored <3 days ()
Age, median (IQR)	80.5 (70-86)	82.5 (74-86)	72.5 (60-81)
Age, mean (SD)	76 (13)	79 (11)	70.5 (15)
Female/male	37 (47)	26 (28)	11 (46)
Days poststroke, (median (IQR)	1 (1-2)	1 (1-2)	1 (1-1.25)
Premorbid mRS
Independent (0-2)	68 (87)	46 (85)	22 (92)
Dependent (>2)	10 (13)	8 (15)	2 (8)
Premorbid walking
Independent nil gait aid	44 (56)	29 (54)	15 (63)
Independent with gait aid	32 (41)	24 (44)	8 (33)
Assistance	2 (3)	1 (2)	1(4)
OCSP classification
TACI	10 (13)	10 (18)	0 (0)
PACI	22 (28)	14 (25)	8 (33)
POCI	12 (15)	7 (13)	5 (21)
LACI	26 (33)	15 (29)	11 (46)
Haemorrhagic	08 (10)	8 (15)	0 (0)
Side of lesion
Right	32 (41)	24 (44)	8 (33)
Left	34 (43)	23 (43)	11 (46)
Watershed	1 (01)	1 (2)	0 (0)
Unknown	11 (14)	6 (11)	5 (21)
Stroke severity
Mild (NIHSS 0-7)	56 (72)	32 (59)	24 (100)
Moderate (NIHSS 8-16)	17 (22)	17 (31)	0 (0)
Severe ()	5 (06)	5 (9)	0 (0)
mRS on admission
Independent (0-2)	4(31)	4 (7)	0 (0)
Dependent (>2)	74 (69)	50(93)	24 (100)
Walking on admission
Independent	23 (29)	9 (16)	14 (61)
Not independent	55 (71)	45 (84)	10 (39)
Risk factor
Previous stroke or TIA	24 (49)	16 (29)	8 (33)
Atrial fibrillation	13 (17)	11 (20)	2 (8)
Ischaemic heart disease	21 (27)	13 (24)	8 (33)
Hypertension	51 (65)	36 (65)	15 (63)
Diabetes	11 (14)	5 (9)	6 (3)
Peripheral vascular disease	3 (4)	3 (5)	0 (0)
Hypercholesterolemia	35 (45)	25 (45)	10 (43)

Excluded from further analysis. All numbers indicate the number of participants (%) unless stated otherwise. IQR: interquartile range; mRS: modified Rankin Scale; OCSP: Oxfordshire Community Stroke Program; TACI: total anterior circulation infarct; PACI: partial anterior circulation infarct; POCI: posterior circulation infarct; LACI: lacunar infarct; NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; MSAS: Mobility Scale for Acute Stroke Scale ; TIA: transient ischaemic attack.