Results of the National Stroke Audit 2001–2 according to how well the 175 stroke units were organised
| Process domain (D) | No stroke unit(n = 65) | Total organisational score† | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <60 (47 sites) | 60–69 (62 sites) | 70+ (66 sites) | Spearman | ||
| The table shows median process domain scores, median (interquartile range) percentage of patients, and Spearman correlation coefficients with the total organisational score. | |||||
| †See Methods section for further description. | |||||
| No stroke unit v stroke unit sites with 70+ organisational score: p<0.001 for D1 and total process score, 0.001<p<0.01 for D2, D4, D5, D7, 0.01<p<0.05 for D3, D6 (Mann-Whitney test). | |||||
| (1) Initial patient assessment | 64 (53–78) | 66 (57–79) | 73 (62–87) | 82 (69–89) | 0.30** |
| (2) Clinical diagnosis | 52 (40–64) | 57 (46–71) | 58 (50–70) | 63 (47–76) | 0.14 |
| (3) Multidisciplinary assessment | 50 (38–69) | 47 (40–60) | 51 (39–66) | 62 (49–76) | 0.26** |
| (4) Screening and functional assessment | 58 (48–72) | 58 (43–75) | 62 (46–75) | 69 (55–82) | 0.26** |
| (5) Management/care planning | 53 (32–69) | 47 (36–65) | 56 (35–67) | 65 (51–77) | 0.30** |
| (6) Communication with patients and carers | 61 (47–77) | 56 (42–69) | 63 (48–75) | 72 (59–84) | 0.28** |
| (7) Primary/secondary interface | 60 (49–76) | 59 (46–73) | 65 (45–78) | 71 (58–87) | 0.25** |
| Total process score | 57 (50–67) | 55 (46–64) | 60 (50–70) | 68 (60–77) | 0.34** |
| % patients admitted to a stroke unit | 0 (0–0) | 36 (24–56) | 45 (30–60) | 43 (28–80) | 0.16* |
| % patients with >50% of stay on a stroke unit | 0 (0–0) | 28 (16–44) | 37 (23–54) | 32 (21–58) | 0.15* |