Variable | Overall sample N=149 | OTD time ≤3.5 h (N=79) N (%) | OTD time >3.5 h (N=52) N (%) | p Value |
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Age | Mean 69.3 (SD±13.05) | Mean 68.6 (SD±11.6) | Mean 71.1 (SD±13.5) | 0.17 |
Gender (male) | 88 (59) | 50 (63.3) | 29 (36.7) | 0.39 |
Distance from hospital (km) | Mean 12.6 (SD±15.8) | Mean 10.2 (SD±12.9) | Mean 12.2 (SD±16.7) | 0.98 |
Consent | 0.27 | |||
Self-consent | 136 (91.2) | 72 (91) | 50 (96) | |
Proxy-consent | 13 (9) | 7 (9) | 2 (4) | |
Marital status | 0.59 | |||
Married | 97 (65.1) | 55 (70) | 31 (60) | |
Single | 13 (9) | 6 (8) | 6 (12) | |
Other | 39 (26.2) | 18 (23) | 15 (29) | |
Living arrangements | 0.73 | |||
Alone | 36 (24.2) | 16 (20) | 13 (25) | |
With others | 113 (75.8) | 63 (80) | 39 (75) | |
Admitted from | 0.14 | |||
Home | 119 (80) | 63 (80) | 46 (88) | |
History of previous stroke/TIA | 32 (21.5) | 17 (22) | 12 (23) | 0.83 |
Length of stay (days) | Mean 36.8 (SD±16.5) | Mean 33.2 (SD±49.5) | Mean 34.2 (SD±44.9) | 0.28 |
Received thrombolysis treatment with tissue-plasminogen activator | 16 (10.7) | 19 (24) | 1 (2) | 0.00* |
Was admitted to stroke unit | 99 (66.4) | 55 (70) | 33 (63) | 0.65 |
mRS at 72 h poststroke | 2.18 (±1.51) | Mean 2.05 (SD±1.61) | Mean 2.04 (SD±1.41) | 0.92 |
OTD time in minutes (N=131) | Median 123 (IQR 67–472) | Median 72 (IQR 60–107) | Median 614 (IQR 329–918) | <0.001 |
* = p<0.05.
IQR; Inter quartile range; mRS, Modified Rankin Scale; OTD; onset-to-door; TIA, transient ischaemic attack.