Table 1.
Stroke patient characteristics.
| Before Propensity Score Matching | After Propensity Score Matching | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | PAC Cohort (n = 903) |
Non-PAC Cohort (n = 579) | p Value | PAC Cohort (n = 455) |
Non-PAC Cohort (n = 455) | p Value | |
| Age, years | 61.9 ± 10.6 | 65.2 ± 11.9 | 0.152 | 65.0 ± 10.3 | 65.2 ± 10.7 | 0.934 | |
| Gender | Female | 269 (29.8%) | 261 (45.1%) | 0.146 | 192 (42.3%) | 190 (41.8%) | 0.684 |
| Male | 634 (70.2%) | 318 (54.9%) | 263 (57.7%) | 265 (58.2%) | |||
| Education, years | 8.7 ± 4.2 | 9.0 ± 4.8 | <0.001 | 8.8 ± 4.1 | 9.2 ± 4.3 | 0.888 | |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 24.1 ± 3.0 | 24.5 ± 3.8 | 0.968 | 24.2 ± 3.1 | 24.0 ± 3.4 | 0.949 | |
| Stroke type | Ischemic | 769 (85.2%) | 505 (87.2%) | 0.674 | 387 (85.1%) | 393 (86.3%) | 0.910 |
| Hemorrhagic | 134 (14.8%) | 74 (12.8%) | 68 (14.9%) | 62 (13.7%) | |||
| Hypertension | Yes | 634 (70.2%) | 420 (72.5%) | 0.487 | 328 (72.1%) | 329 (72.3%) | 0.991 |
| Hyperlipidemia | Yes | 480 (53.2%) | 340 (58.7%) | 0.311 | 236 (51.8%) | 240 (52.8%) | 0.807 |
| Diabetes mellitus | Yes | 461 (51.0%) | 306 (52.8%) | 0.570 | 236 (51.8%) | 239 (52.4%) | 0.990 |
| Atrial fibrillation | Yes | 75 (8.3%) | 48 (8.3%) | 0.989 | 38 (8.3%) | 37 (8.1%) | 0.934 |
| Previous stroke | Yes | 117 (13.0%) | 144 (24.9%) | <0.001 | 82 (18.0%) | 84 (18.4%) | 0.819 |
| Acute care LOS, days | 13.1 ± 27.3 | 24.5 ± 34.1 | <0.001 | 23.5 ± 11.4 | 24.0 ± 11.6 | 0.369 | |
| LOS during rehabilitation, days | 31.2 ± 17.5 | 37.0 ± 12.9 | <0.001 | 35.2 ± 12.1 | 36.3 ± 11.4 | 0.816 | |
| BI score before rehabilitation | 44.7 ± 23.5 | 46.0 ± 26.4 | 0.403 | 44.7 ± 20.2 | 46.0 ± 27.0 | 0.279 | |
| FOIS score before rehabilitation | 5.9 ± 1.8 | 6.1 ± 2.0 | 0.310 | 5.9 ± 2.0 | 6.1 ± 2.1 | 0.974 | |
| EQ5D score before rehabilitation | 9.6 ± 1.9 | 8.9 ±1.9 | 0.593 | 9.6 ± 1.9 | 8.8 ± 2.0 | 0.712 | |
| IADL score before rehabilitation | 2.0 ± 1.3 | 2.3 ± 1.4 | 0.328 | 2.0 ± 1.1 | 3.1 ± 1.3 | 0.147 | |
| BBS score before rehabilitation | 20.6 ± 16.3 | 18.4 ± 15.2 | 0.486 | 20.6 ± 14.8 | 18.4 ± 14.0 | 0.392 | |
| MMSE score before rehabilitation | 20.8 ± 7.5 | 22.3 ± 6.9 | 0.213 | 21.8 ± 11.0 | 23.3 ± 9.2 | 0.259 | |
BMI, body mass index; LOS, length of stay; PAC, post-acute care; BI, Barthel Index; FOIS, Functional Oral Intake Scale; EQ5D, EuroQoL Quality of Life Scale; IADL, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale; BBS, Berg Balance Scale; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination. Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or n (%).