Table 3.

Descriptive statistics for measures of impairment severity (NIS, motor, cognitive), service needs (NPCS-Needs), service inputs (NPCS-Gets) and patient-reported outcome (CIQ, ZBI) across the three phases after discharge and for the group that responded at all three phases

Time	Phase 1 1-month postdischarge N=256	Phase 2 6-month postdischarge N=212	Phase 3 12-month postdischarge N=190	‘Best responders’ at recruitment and phase 3 N=134
Measure (scoring range)	Mean (SD) Range (minimum–maximum)	Mean (SD) Range (minimum–maximum)	Mean (SD) Range (minimum–maximum)	Mean (SD) Range (minimum–maximum)
At recruitment:
Impairment
Physical
NIS-Motor	7.8 (4.9)	7.9 (5.1)	8.1 (5.0)	8.3 (5.0)
(range 0–26)	0–25	0–25	0–25	0–25
Cognitive
NIS cognitive	4.3 (3.1)	4.5 (3.2)	4.2 (3.0)	4.4 (3.2)
(range 0–21)	0–14	0–13	0–13	0–13
NIS total	12.4 (6.4)	12.7 (6.5)	12.7 (6.2)	13.1 (6.4)
(0–50)	1–31	1–31	1–31	1–31
Level of services required (NPCS-Needs)
Health and care
NPCS-Health Needs	11.3 (4.1)	11.4 (4.2)	11.2 (4.2)	11.4 (4.2)
(Range 0–25)	0–21	0–20	0–21	0–20
Social support
NPCS-Social Needs	5.7 (4.0)	6.1 (4.2)	5.8 (4.0)	5.6 (4.0)
(range 0–25)	0–19	0–19	0–19	0–19
Total NPCS Needs	17.0 (7.5)	17.5 (7.7)	17.0 (7.6)	17.0 (7.6)
(0–50)	0–36	1–36	0–36	0–36
At follow-up period:
Service provision
Health and care
NPCS-Health Gets	Not applicable	9.4 (4.7)	8.5 (4.8)	8.4 (4.9)
(0–25)		0–20	0–21	0–21
Social support
NPCS-Social Gets	Not applicable	4.6 (3.5)	3.8 (3.1)	3.8 (3.2)
(0–25)		0–15	0–15	0–15
Total NPCS-Gets	Not applicable	14.0 (7.1)	12.5 (7.1)	12.4(7.2)
(0–50)		0–29	0–34	0–34
Outcome measures
Dependency
NPDS	12.7 (13.9)	12.2 (13.8)	11.2 (13.5)	11.4 (13.5)
(0–100)	0–66	0–61	0–60	0–60
Integration
CIQ	12.1 (4.9)	11.0 (5.7)	12.3 (5.7)	12.3 (5.8)
(0–29)	0–26	0–27	0–27	0–27
Carer burden
ZBI	24.4 (16.7)	24.4 (17.5)	25.5 (18.9)	26.9 (18.6)
(0–88)	0–82	0–82	0–88	0–84

CIQ, Community Integration Questionnaire; NIS, Neurological Impairment Scale; NPCS, Needs and Provision Complexity Scale; ZBI, Zarit Care Burden Interview.