Factors influencing the amount of therapy received during inpatient stroke care: an analysis of data from the UK Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To understand why most stroke patients receive little therapy. We investigated the factors associated with the amount of stroke therapy delivered.

Methods

Data regarding adults admitted to hospital with stroke for at least 72 hours (July 2013-July 2015) were extracted from the UK's Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme. Descriptive statistics and multilevel mixed effects regression models explored the factors that influenced the amount of therapy received while adjusting for confounding.

Results

Of the 94,905 patients in the study cohort (mean age: 76 (SD: 13.2) years, 78% had a mild or moderate severity stroke. In all, 92% required physiotherapy, 87% required occupational therapy, 57% required speech therapy but only 5% were considered to need psycholog

SUBMITTER: Gittins M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7324910 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature