Table 4.
Therapy assessment with 72 hours of admission in each stroke impairment classification.
| Stroke impairment classification | Loss-Con | Mo-Co-Se | Mo-Co | Mo-Se | Mot-O | No-Mo | None | Total (n %) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment within 72 hrs (n, column %) | ||||||||
| Swallow assessed by a nurse or SLT | 4415 (73.2) | 23206 (82.2) | 13140 (77.4) | 5885 (59.5) | 12404 (60.6) | 4544 (60.6) | 3889 (66.8) | 67483 (71.1) |
| Communication assessment by SLT | 2186 (36.2) | 15107 (53.5) | 9156 (54.0) | 3036 (30.7) | 6421 (31.4) | 2733 (36.5) | 1438 (24.7) | 40077 (42.2) |
| Physiotherapy assessment | 4418 (73.2) | 25604 (90.7) | 15144 (89.3) | 8957 (90.6) | 18357 (89.7) | 6223 (83.0) | 4501 (77.2) | 83204 (87.7) |
| OT assessment | 3319 (55.0) | 22314 (79.1) | 13451 (79.3) | 8033 (81.3) | 16478 (80.5) | 5808 (77.5) | 3958 (67.9) | 73361 (77.3) |
| The proportion of patients considered to require each therapy on admission (n, column %) | ||||||||
| Physiotherapy | 4937 (81.8) | 26654 (94.4) | 15825 (93.3) | 9318 (94.3) | 19212 (93.9) | 6579 (87.7) | 5036 (86.4) | 87561 (92.3) |
| Occupational therapy | 4098 (67.9) | 25115 (89.0) | 15217 (89.7) | 9017 (91.3) | 18598 (90.9) | 6689 (89.2) | 4841 (83.1) | 83575 (88.1) |
| SLT | 3676 (60.9) | 20352 (72.1) | 12041 (71.0) | 3902 (39.5) | 8427 (41.2) | 3603 (48.1) | 2067 (35.5) | 54068 (57.0) |
| Psychology | 179 (3.0) | 1550 (5.5) | 754 (4.4) | 516 (5.2) | 920 (4.5) | 341 (4.6) | 206 (3.5) | 4466 (4.7) |
| Number of therapies required (n, column %) | ||||||||
| 0 | 926 (15.4) | 1045 (3.7) | 549 (3.2) | 337 (3.4) | 704 (3.4) | 391 (5.2) | 518 (8.9) | 4470 (4.7) |
| 1 | 615 (10.2) | 1071 (3.8) | 707 (4.2) | 515 (5.2) | 1133 (5.5) | 522 (7.0) | 520 (8.9) | 5083 (5.4) |
| 2 | 1360 (22.5) | 7032 (24.9) | 4621 (27.2) | 5130 (51.9) | 10375 (50.7) | 3251 (43.4) | 2856 (49.0) | 34625 (36.5) |
| 3 | 2977 (49.3) | 17776 (63.0) | 10472 (61.7) | 3622 (36.7) | 7762 (37.9) | 3148 (42.0) | 1814 (31.1) | 47571 (50.1) |
| 4 | 156 (2.6) | 1302 (4.6) | 618 (3.6) | 278 (2.8) | 497 (2.4) | 186 (2.5) | 119 (2.0) | 3156 (3.3) |
| Total | 6034 | 28226 | 16967 | 9882 | 20471 | 7498 | 5827 | 94905 |
OT: occupational therapy; SLT: speech and language therapy; N: number; Loss-Con: loss of consciousness stroke; Mo-Co-Se: motor-cognitive-sensory stroke; Mo-Co: motor-cognitive stroke; Mo-Se: motor–sensory stroke; Mot-O: motor only stroke; No-Mo: non-motor stroke; None: no impairments stroke.