Table 2.
Rehabilitation outcome and discharge destination of 290 patients after stroke in rehabilitation ward
| Characteristic | Unadjusted data (n = 290) | Data adjusted by inverse probability weighting (n = 699) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy intake at admission | Energy intake at admission | ||||||
| Overall | ≥26 kcal/IBW (kg) | <26 kcal/IBW (kg) | P-value | ≥26 kcal/IBW (kg) | <26 kcal/IBW (kg) | P-value | |
| Number of participants | 290 | 165 | 125 | 343 | 356 | ||
| Length of hospital stay, days, median (IQR) | 99 (63–139) | 91 (58–128) | 112 (78–145) | 0.003a | 88 (62–130) | 98 (79–135) | 0.017 |
| Rehabilitation time per day (min), median (IQR) | 156 (135–166) | 155 (135–166) | 156 (135–167) | 0.749a | 158 (139–167) | 155 (135–164) | 0.583 |
| Home return, N (%) | 245 (84.4) | 149 (90.2) | 96 (76.7) | <0.001b | 293 (85.7) | 283 (79.5) | 0.032 |
| FIM, median (IQR) | |||||||
| Discharge score | 102 (65–118) | 113 (98–121) | 71 (47–104) | <0.001a | 102 (70–117) | 94 (55–112) | 0.001 |
| Gain | 25 (13–38) | 25 (15–39) | 24 (10–35) | 0.156a | 26 (13–45) | 19 (10–33) | <0.001 |
| Efficiency | 0.28 (0.14–0.43) | 0.31 (0.18–0.47) | 0.22 (0.10–0.38) | <0.001a | 0.31 (0.17–0.49) | 0.25 (0.12–0.47) | 0.011 |
| Improvement of nutritional status, N (%) | 0.011b | <0.001 | |||||
| Yes | 165 (56.9) | 105 (63.6) | 60 (48.0) | 208 (60.6) | 161 (45.2) | ||
| No | 125 (43.1) | 60 (36.4) | 65 (52.0) | 135 (39.4) | 195 (54.8) | ||
a
Mann–Whitney U-test,
b
Chi-squared test, FIM: Functional Independence Measure, IQR: interquartile range, SD: standard deviation.