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Table 2 General access to VER, time from admission to first therapy session and average number of therapy sessions

From: Access, timing and frequency of very early stroke rehabilitation – insights from the Baden-Wuerttemberg stroke registry

 

IS (N = 99.753)

ICH (N = 8.824)

Variable

physical therapy, %

occupational therapy, %

speech therapy, %

physical therapy, %

occupational therapy, %

speech therapy, %

No

10

37

30

13

43

35

Yes

90

63

70

87

57

65

  < =24 h

87

-

-

82

-

-

 24–48 h

9

-

-

13

-

-

  < =48 h

-

91

93

-

89

90

  > 48 h

4

9

7

5

11

10

Units

      

 median (IQR)

5 (4, 6)

5 (3, 5)

5 (2, 5)

5 (5, 6)

5 (3, 5)

5 (3, 5)

 mean (SD)

4.9 (1.8)

4.2 (1.8)

4.0 (1.9)

5.2 (1.8)

4.4 (1.8)

4.2 (1.8)

  1. Information on units are given only for those patients being attended by a therapist. Numbers of units are reported for the first 7 days of hospital stay. In case the patient was hospitalized for less than 7 days an extrapolated and rounded 7 day-frequency was reported