Table 2.
Outcomes and discharge of stroke patients.
| Conditions during discharge | Total patients |
Male |
Female |
P values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 178 (100%) | n = 95 (100%) | N = 83 (100%) | ||
| Home discharge | 104 (58.4) | 62 (65.3) | 42 (50.6) | 0.003 |
| Referred to another hospital | 7 (3.9) | 2 (2.1) | 5 (6.0) | 0.460 |
| DAMA on self or family request | 5 (2.8) | 3 (3.2) | 2 (2.4) | 0.460 |
| In-hospital death | 62 (34.8) | 24 (25.3) | 38 (45.8) | 0.013 |
| GSC at discharge (Alive patients) | n = 116 (%) | n = 67 (%) | n = 49 (%) | |
| Poor GCS (≤8) | 3 (2.6%) | 1 (1.5) | 2 (4.1) | 0.350 |
| Moderate GCS (9–12) | 9 (7.8%) | 3 (4.5) | 6 (12.2) | 0.615 |
| Good GCS (13–15) | 104 (89.7%) | 63 (94.0) | 41 (83.7) | 0.250 |
| mRS at discharge (@ 30days) | ||||
| mRS (mean ± SD) | 3.89 ± 1.62 | 3.51 ± 1.31 | 4.27 ± 1.93 | 0.016 |
| mRS: 0–2 (mild disability) | 19 (10.7) | 11 (11.6) | 8 (9.6) | – |
| mRS: 3 (moderate disability) | 30 (16.9) | 23 (24.2) | 7 (8.4) | 0.203 |
| mRS: 4–5 (severe disability) | 67 (37.6) | 37 (38.9) | 30 (36.1) | 0.367 |
| mRS: 6 (death) | 62 (34.8) | 24 (25.3) | 38 (45.8) | 0.012 |
| Length of hospital stay (days) | ||||
| Median (IQR: Q1 -Q3) | 10 (8–19) | 11 [[8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19]] | 9 (6–18) | – |
| <2days | 19 (10.7) | 6 (6.3) | 13 (21.7) | 0.145 |
| 2.01–7 days | 68 (38.2) | 42 (44.2) | 26 (31.3) | 0.130 |
| 7.01–14 days | 59 (33.1) | 29 (30.5) | 30 (36.1) | 0.117 |
| >14 days | 32 (18.0) | 18 (18.9) | 14 (16.9) | 0.260 |
| Case fatality of stroke patients | Cumulative deaths/case fatality % | Cumulative death/case fatality % | Cumulative deaths/case fatality % | – |
| <2days | 18 (10.1) | 8 (8.4) | 10 (12.0) | |
| 2.01–7 days | 49 (27.5) | 20 (21.1) | 29 (34.9) | |
| 7.01–14 days | 57 (32.0) | 23 (24.2) | 34 (41.0) | |
| >14 days | 62 (34.8) | 24 (25.3) | 38 (45.8) | |
| In-hospitality weekly death | Weekly death n = 62 (%) | Weekly death n = 24 (%) | Weekly death n = 38 (%) | – |
| 1st week | 49 (79.0) | 20 (83.3%) | 29 (76.3) | |
| 2nd week | 8 (12.9) | 3 (12.5) | 5 (13.2) | |
| 3rd & 4th week | 5 (8.1) | 1 (4.1) | 4 (10.5) | |
| Complications | - | |||
| Chest infection/Aspiration | 46 (18.0) | 20 (21.1) | 26 (31.3) | |
| Bedsores | 13 (7.3) | 9 (9.5) | 4 (4.8) | |
| Seizures | 22 (12.4) | 10 (10.5) | 22 (26.5) | |
| Urinary tract infection | 37 (20.8) | 21 (22.1) | 16 (19.3) |