Table 3.
Characteristics of neurological early rehabilitation patients with good and poor outcome
| Good outcome (BI ≥ 50) | Poor outcome (BI < 50) | p-value* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| N | 23 | 70 | n.a. |
| Age [years] | 50.9 (12.5) | 53.7 (15.2) | n.s. |
| Time interval until onset of neurological early rehabilitation [days] | 26.0 (17.1) | 34.0 (39.2) | n.s. |
| LOS—neurological early rehabilitation [days] | 46.4 (68.2) | 95.4 (53.2) | <0.01 |
| LOS—inpatient neurological rehabilitation [days] | 98.8 (86.9) | 111.7 (80.6) | n.s. |
| Number of co-diagnoses [n] | 10.4 (5.0) | 17.3 (6.0) | <0.001 |
| Hypoxic interval [min] | 8.8 (6.3) | 7.4 (6.0) | n.s. |
| Duration of resuscitation [min] | 30.0 (–) | 23.5 (10.0) | – |
| Time until signs of recovery observed (coma length) [days] | 17.6 (18.9) | 46.8 (44.6) | <0.01 |
| Duration of vegetative instability [days] | 3.1 (6.7) | 24.2 (36.6) | <0.01 |
| Barthel Index (BI) on admission [0 to 100] | 45.0 (33.7) | 3.3 (4.8) | <0.001 |
| BI at discharge [0 to 100] | 85.0 (13.7) | 9.3 (12.2) | <0.001 |
| Delta BI (discharge minus admission) | 40.0 (30.6) | 6.0 (10.7) | <0.001 |
| Early Rehabilitation Index (ERI) on admission [−325 to 0] | −112.0 (79.4) | −188.6 (95.0) | <0.01 |
| ERI at discharge [−325 to 0] | −38.0 (49.4) | −144.3 (87.1) | <0.001 |
| Delta ERI (discharge minus admission) | 73.9 (17.7) | 44.3 (8.7) | n.s. |
| Delta ERBI (Early Rehabilitation Barthel Index, discharge minus admission) | 113.9 (109.7) | 50.3 (75.4) | <0.01 |
| Coma Remission Scale (CRS) [0 to 24] on admission | 20.8 (5.6) | 11.8 (8.3) | <0.001 |
| Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) on admission [3 to 15] | 12.2 (2.1) | 8.6 (3.2) | <0.001 |
| Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) at discharge [3 to 15] | 13.7 (0.6) | 9.1 (3.6) | <0.001 |
* t-tests for independent samples, n.a. not applicable, n.s. not significant (p > 0.05).