The Presence of Visual Neglect after Thrombolytic Treatment in Patients with Right Hemisphere Stroke

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of patients with (T+) and without thrombolysis (T−) and the comparison between the groups.

	T+ (𝑛=34)	T– (𝑛=43)	𝑃 value
Male/Female	19/15	31/12	0.090
Age: Md (range)	60.5 (30–77)	62.0 (36–79)	0.252
Education in years: Md (range)	10.0 (6–16)	9.0 (6–20)	0.278
MMSE: Md (range)	27.5 (20–30)	27 (21–30)^a	0.731
Neuropsychological examination (days): Md (range)	5.0 (1–10)	3.0 (1–11)	0.798
Neurological examination (days): Md (range)	5.0 (1–10)^b	3.0 (1–10)^a	0.305
(a) Baseline measures
NIHSS: Md (range)	6.0 (1–17)	4.0 (1–15)	0.137
Hemianopia: present (%)	5 (16)^a	6 (14)	0.841
Hemiparesis: present (%)	26 (76)	30 (70)	0.515
(b) Measures at ward
BITC: Md (range)	143.5 (38–146)	142 (31–146)	0.150
BITC: VN present (%)	5 (15)	12 (28)	0.168
NIHSS: Md (range)	1 (0–17)^a	3 (0–14)^b	0.009
Hemianopia: present (%)	5 (15)^b	5 (12)^c	0.745
Hemiparesis: present (%)	11 (33)^b	17 (40)^c	0.426

Abbreviations: Md: median; BITC: sum score of six conventional subtests of the Behavioural Inattention Test (range 0–146; ≤129 = visual neglect, ≥130 = no visual neglect); MMSE: Mini Mental State Examination (range 0–30); Neuropsychological examination: days from onset to neuropsychological examination; neurological examination: days from onset to neurological examination; VN: visual neglect; NIHSS: sum score of the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (range: 0–34; 0 = no defect; 34 = severe stroke); at baseline: outcome on admission in the emergency department; at ward: outcome at neurological ward; ^amissing value for one patient; ^bthree patients had missing values; ^cfour patients had missing values.