Table 2.
Patient conditions for which speech therapy was prescribed before and during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Patient conditions | Beforea | Duringb | |||
|
Mean per month (SD) | % | Mean per month (SD) | % | |
Head and neck conditions | 11.2 (3.4) | 31.5 | 21.3 (5.9) | 18.2 | |
Stroke | 10.2 (1.3) | 28.7 | 36.0 (6.6) | 30.7 | |
Neurological | 7.3 (1.2) | 20.6 | 20.3 (6.1) | 17.4 | |
Neurosurgery | 2.5 (0.8) | 7.0 | 4.0 (2.4) | 3.3 | |
Cancer | 1.0 (1.8) | 2.8 | 25.3 (7.1) | 21.6 | |
Other conditions | 3.3 (0.7) | 9.3 | 10.3 (3.8) | 8.8 | |
Total | 35.5 | 100 | 117.0 | 100 |
aOctober 2019 to January 2020.
bFebruary 2020 to July 2020.