Table.
Reasons for untestability or for problems with testing in testable patients by follow-up time-point.
| Follow-up time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | 1 month | 6 months | 1 year | 5 years | |
| Tested with no problem* | 764 (69) | 705 (74) | 693 (81) | 637 (80) | 409 (72) |
| Untestable, reason | |||||
| Dysphasia | 75 (29) | 28 (17) | 14 (14) | 13 (13) | 7 (7) |
| Unwell/low GCS | 58 (22) | 16 (9) | 7 (7) | 7 (7) | 2 (2) |
| Moved away | N/A | 8 (5) | 27 (27) | 30 (30) | 33 (33) |
| Visual impairment/deafness | 8 (3) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) |
| Hemiparesis | 1 (<1) | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) |
| Dementia | 11 (4) | 10 (6) | 10 (10) | 6 (6) | 6 (6) |
| Acute confusion/delirium | 11 (4) | 1 (<1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Dysarthria | 8 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| No English | 5 (2) | 6 (4) | 4 (4) | 6 (6) | 5 (5) |
| Declined cognitive test | 3 (1) | 5 (3) | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 3 (3) |
| Late ascertainment/referral | 40 (15) | 54 (32) | 13 (13) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| Recurrent event | 1 (<1) | 3 (2) | 14 (14) | 19 (19) | 28 (28) |
| Other/no reason recorded | 41 (16) | 32 (19) | 9 (9) | 4 (4) | 9 (9) |
| Total | 262 (100) | 169 (100) | 101 (100) | 97 (100) | 95 (100) |
| Testable but problem, reason | |||||
| Visual impairment/deafness | 20 (28) | 24 (33) | 23 (37) | 23 (40) | 24 (38) |
| Hemiparesis | 14 (20) | 16 (22) | 9 (14) | 4 (7) | 5 (8) |
| Dysphasia | 7 (10) | 13 (18) | 15 (24) | 17 (29) | 7 (11) |
| Acute confusion/delirium | 15 (21) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Other neurological disorder | 2 (3) | 4 (5) | 6 (10) | 4 (7) | 2 (3) |
| Unwell | 3 (4) | 3 (4) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
| English second language | 4 (6) | 2 (3) | 4 (6) | 3 (5) | 2 (3) |
| Mechanical problem eg arthritis, arm fracture | 1 (1) | 2 (3) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 5 (8) |
| Illiteracy | 1 (1) | 2 (3) | 2 (3) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
| Dementia | 3 (4) | 4 (5) | 1 (2) | 3 (5) | 8 (13) |
| Incomplete test | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) |
| Other/no reason recorded | 0 (0) | 3 (4) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | 9 (14) |
| Total | 71 (100) | 73 (100) | 63 (100) | 58 (100) | 63 (100) |
Numbers are n (%). *Percentage expressed in relation to the total number assessed at that timepoint.