Table 1. Background Factors and Care-Need Level after the Discharge of 7491 Patients Who Underwent Rehabilitation during Hospitalization for Stroke.

From: Association between Care-need Level after Discharge and Long-term Outcomes in 7491 Patients Requiring Rehabilitation for Stroke

Variables n (%) Variables n (%)
Patient characteristics Type of stroke
Male sex 3644 (49) Cerebral infarction 5418 (72)
Age category Intracerebral hemorrhage 1791 (24)
40-69 724 (9.7) Subarachnoid hemorrhage 282 (3.8)
70-74 786 (10)
75-79 1435 (19) Treatment course
80-84 1873 (25) Hospital days of initiating rehabilitation
85-89 1681 (22) ≤2 days 2776 (37)
≥90 992 (13) 3-7 days 3216 (43)
Charlson comorbidity index >7days 1499 (20)
1 1129 (15) Total length of hospital stay
2 1306 (17) ≤14 days 1461 (20)
3 1281 (17) 15-30 days 2342 (31)
4 1132 (15) 31-90 days 2253 (30)
5 830 (11) >90 days 1435 (19)
6 565 (7.5) Rehabilitation after discharge*
7 426 (5.7) Medical insurances use 2935 (39)
8 239 (3.2) Long-term care insurance use 1447 (19)
9 169 (2.3)
10 127 (1.7) Care-need level after discharge
11 100 (1.3) Support level 1 910 (12)
12 61 (0.8) Support level 2 812 (11)
13 50 (0.7) Care-need level 1 1760 (23)
14 29 (0.4) Care-need level 2 1937 (26)
≥15 47 (0.6) Care-need level 3 2072 (28)
Table 2. Hazard Ratios of the Care-Need Level after Discharge for the Incidence of Being Bedridden in Patients Who Underwent Rehabilitation during Hospitalization for Stroke.

From: Association between Care-need Level after Discharge and Long-term Outcomes in 7491 Patients Requiring Rehabilitation for Stroke

Care-need level
after discharge*
Outcome† SHR† 95% CI P-value
n (%)
Support level 1 95 (10) Reference
Support level 2 88 (11) 1.04 0.70-1.55 0.83
Care-need level 1 292 (17) 1.52 1.10-2.12 0.012
Care-need level 2 505 (26) 2.85 2.09-3.88 <0.001
Care-need level 3 688 (33) 3.79 2.79-5.15 <0.001
Table 3. Hazard Ratios of the Care-Need Level after Discharge for Mortality in Patients Who Underwent Rehabilitation during Hospitalization for Stroke.

From: Association between Care-need Level after Discharge and Long-term Outcomes in 7491 Patients Requiring Rehabilitation for Stroke

Care-need level after discharge* Outcome† HR† 95% CI P-value
n (%)
Support level 1 164 (18) Reference
Support level 2 161 (20) 0.99 0.80-1.23 0.96
Care-need level 1 466 (26) 1.47 1.23-1.77 <0.001
Care-need level 2 608 (31) 1.86 1.56-2.21 <0.001
Care-need level 3 775 (37) 2.56 2.15-3.04 <0.001
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