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Table 2 Mean JCS score, LOS, fatalities, fatalities in 24 h, mRS, and discharge during the COVID-19 pandemic period

From: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency admission for patients with stroke: a time series study in Japan

Variables

Pre-COVID-19 period

COVID-19 period

Diff

SMD

P value

SCU

2433

(12.3)

2153

(12.7)

0.4

0.01

0.336

IVT, N, %

1125

(5.7)

1096

(6.5)

0.8

0.031

0.003

MT, N, %

868

(4.4)

807

(4.8)

0.4

0.017

0.115

JCS at admission, N, %

     

0.071

< 0.001

 0

9813

(49.8)

7896

(46.5)

− 0.33

  

 1

7540

(38.3)

6897

(40.6)

2.3

  

 2

1621

(8.2)

1425

(8.4)

0.2

  

 3

735

(3.7)

757

(4.5)

0.8

  

LOS, Mean, SD

31.32

(34.59)

28.01

(27.0)

− 3.31

0.107

< 0.001

Fatalities, N, %

1070

(5.4)

878

(5.2)

− 0.2

0.011

0.285

Fatalities in 24 h, N, %

37

(0.2)

66

(0.4)

0.2

0.038

< 0.001

mRS at discharge, N, %

     

0.041

0.03

 0

1970

(10.0)

1559

(9.2)

− 0.8

  

 1

4310

(21.9)

3679

(21.7)

− 0.2

  

 2

3493

(17.8)

3111

(18.4)

0.6

  

 3

2720

(13.8)

2294

(13.6)

− 0.2

  

 4

3886

(19.8)

3381

(20.0)

0.2

  

 5

2163

(11.0)

1997

(11.8)

0.8

  

 Other

1100

(5.6)

901

(5.3)

− 0.3

  

Discharge destination, N, %

     

0.038

0.004

 Home

10,666

(54.1)

9050

(53.3)

− 0.8

  

 Facility

1706

(8.7)

1375

(8.1)

− 0.6

  

 Hospital

6252

(31.7)

5661

(33.3)

1.6

  

 Other

1085

(5.5)

889

(5.2)

− 0.3

  
  1. SCU Stroke care unit, IVT intravenous thrombolysis, MT Mechanical thrombectomy, LOS length of hospital stay, JCS Japan Coma Scale, mRS modified Ranking Scale
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