From: Outcome of MRSA carriers in neurological early rehabilitation
MRSA positive | MRSA negative | p-value* | |
---|---|---|---|
Age [years] | 65.8 (15.1) | 67.0 (15.8) | n.s. |
Length of stay (LOS) – referring hospital [days] | 32.8 (42.9) | 34.4 (260.5) | n.s. |
LOS – neurological early rehabilitation [days] | 63.7 (37.1) | 25.8 (24.5) | < 0.001 |
LOS – entire neurological rehabilitation [days] | 75.0 (42.5) | 46.8 (47.1) | < 0.001 |
Number of co-diagnoses [n] | 20.5 (5.1) | 13.3 (5.5) | < 0.001 |
Barthel Index (BI) on admission [0 to 100] | 13.6 (9.9) | 25.6 (24.1) | < 0.001 |
Barthel index on discharge [0 to 100] | 25.5 (21.2) | 47.4 (31.0) | < 0.001 |
Early Rehabilitation Index (ERI) on admission [−325 to 0] | −80.1 (59.5) | −47.9 (47.6) | < 0.001 |
ERI on discharge [−325 to 0] | −47.3 (51.4) | −26.0 (35.4) | < 0.001 |
Coma Remission Scale (CRS) [0 to 24] | 11.0 (6.2) | 14.0 (6.8) | n.s. |
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) [3 to 15] | 9.5 (3.2) | 12.0 (3.3) | < 0.001 |
Early functional abilities (EFA) – vegetative [4 to 20] | 8.6 (3.0) | 12.4 (7.0) | < 0.001 |
EFA – faciooral [4 to 20] | 9.2 (5.0) | 15.4 (5.3) | < 0.001 |
EFA – sensorymotor [7 to 35] | 14.4 (6.9) | 22.8 (8.2) | < 0.001 |
EFA – cognitive [5 to 25] | 13.3 (6.4) | 18.7 (5.2) | < 0.001 |
Physiotherapy [min/day] | 42.5 (12.7) | 36.6 (10.2) | < 0.001 |
Ergotherapy [min/day] | 30.3 (1.9) | 31.2 (4.7) | n.s. |
Speech therapy [min/day] | 24.1 (5.8) | 27.2 (5.7) | < 0.001 |
Cognitive therapy [min/day] | 34.9 (6.1) | 42.9 (9.4) | < 0.001 |
Total main therapies [min/day] | 131.6 (16.6) | 140.2 (18.7) | < 0.001 |