| Do you think your stroke was diagnosed quickly enough? |
Yes (424) |
55% (234) had brain scan <24 hours of stroke |
0.22 |
| No (54) |
46% (25) had brain scan <24 hours of stroke |
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| Were you admitted to hospital quickly enough? |
As soon as I thought necessary (535) |
75% (400) same day as stroke, 15% (80) next day, 10% (55) later |
0.15 |
| Should have been a bit/lot sooner (53) |
70% (37) same day as stroke, 11% (6) next day, 19% (10) later |
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Discussion with patient about: |
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| Were you involved as much as you wanted to be in decisions about your care and treatment in hospital? |
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Diagnosis (p = 0.15) |
Prognosis (p = 0.09) |
Therapy goals (p<0.001) |
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| Yes, definitely |
69% (225/326) |
60% (195/324) |
57% (181/315) |
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| Yes, to some extent |
76% (133/176) |
69% (123/178) |
74% (130/175) |
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| No not involved in decisions about my care and treatment |
66% (81/123) |
59% (71/121) |
55% (66/119) |
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Discussion with carer about: |
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| If a member of your family or someone else close to you wanted to talk to the staff, did they have enough opportunity to do so? |
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Diagnosis (p = 0.38) |
Prognosis (p = 0.30) |
Therapy goals (p = 0.19) |
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| Yes, definitely |
58% (166/284) |
55% (157/284) |
53% (147/280) |
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| Yes, to some extent |
63% (91/144) |
62% (90/145) |
62% (89/144) |
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| No but they wanted to talk to the staff |
50% (13/26) |
50%(13/26) |
54% (13/24) |
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| Was your stroke diagnosis discussed with you? |
Yes, completely (305) |
71% (216) Discussion with patient about diagnosis |
0.98 |
| Yes, to some extent (196) |
71% (139) Discussion with patient about diagnosis |
| No it was not discussed (78) |
72% (56) Discussion with patient about diagnosis |
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| Before you left hospital did a member of staff give you information about stopping smoking? |
Yes (104) |
78% (81) Discussed other risk factors with patient |
0.004 |
| No (44) |
55% (24) Discussed other risk factors with patient |
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| Did hospital staff give you information about changes in your diet that might help to prevent another stroke? |
Yes (256) |
58% (148) Discussed other risk factors with patient |
0.08 |
| No (227) |
50% (113) Discussed other risk factors with patient |
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| Did hospital staff give you information about physical exercise that might help prevent another stroke? |
Yes (328) |
56% (182) Discussed other risk factors with patient |
0.07 |
| No (170) |
47% (80) Discussed other risk factors with patient |
