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Table 3 Interrupted time series analysis for the number of patients with stroke from April 2018″ to 31 August 2020

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

 

Change in level

Change in slope

 

RR

95% CI

P value

RR

95% CI

P value

Hospital admissions

0.97

(0.90, 1.06)

0.5

0.97

(0.95, 0.99)

0.027

JCS0

0.95

(0.92, 0.98)

 < 0.001***

1.00

(0.99, 1.00)

0.3

JCS1

1.04

(1.01, 1.07)

0.023*

1.01

(1.00, 1.02)

0.3

JCS2

1.02

(0.96, 1.09)

0.5

0.99

(0.97, 1.01)

0.5

JCS3

1.24

(1.14, 1.36)

 < 0.001***

1.01

(0.99, 1.04)

0.3

Fatalities within 24 h

1.75

(1.29, 2.33)

 < 0.001***

1.15

(1.04, 1.27)

0.004**

Fatalities

0.96

(0.80, 1.13)

0.6

0.93

(0.88, 0.98)

0.017*

SCU

1.00

(0.95, 1.05)

0.9

1.06

(1.04, 1.08)

 < 0.001***

IVT

0.96

(0.88, 1.05)

0.4

1.00

(0.97, 1.03)

0.9

MT, N, %

1.02

(0.94, 0.95)

0.5

1.00

(0.98, 1.02)

0.9

  1. RR risk ratio, CI confidence interval, JCS Japan Coma Scale, SCU Stroke care unit, IVT intravenous thrombolysis, MT Mechanical thrombectomy
  2. ***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05