Table 1 Description of patient characteristics based on intervention and intervention implementation phase
Pre-Intervention | Active Intervention | Post-Intervention | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | |
Age in years | ||||||
- Mean ± SD | 71.78 ± 14.22 | 70.37 ± 13.81 | 72.47 ± 6.55 | 71.09 ± 13.31 | 73 ± 15.22 | 70.66 ± 15.41 |
Gender, n (%) | ||||||
- Female | 135 (47) | 138 (44) | 152 (54) | 125 (49) | 90 (48) | 92 (46) |
- Male | 150 (53) | 176 (56) | 128 (46) | 132 (51) | 98 (52) | 109 (54) |
Systolic Blood Pressure in mm of Hg | ||||||
- Mean ± SD | 151.56 ± 24.60 | 148.93 ± 23.88 | 147.20 ± 24.16 | 148.83 ± 24.06 | 146.51 ± 24.84 | 150.85 ± 23.95 |
Diastolic Blood Pressure in mm of Hg | ||||||
- Mean ± SD | 84.20 ± 16.05 | 79.73 ± 14.34 | 83.57 ± 16.27 | 78.03 ± 13.41 | 86.06 ± 16.29 | 80.04 ± 13.93 |
History of Hypertension, n (%) | ||||||
- No | 101 (36) | 101 (34) | 90 (35) | 70 (27) | 63 (39) | 64 (32) |
- Yes | 179 (64) | 196 (66) | 164 (65) | 187 (73) | 98 (61) | 134 (68) |
History of Diabetes, n (%) | ||||||
- No | 224 (81) | 235 (78) | 206 (80) | 192 (77) | 124 (77) | 151 (76) |
- Yes | 51 (19) | 67 (22) | 50 (20) | 65 (23) | 37 (23) | 48 (24) |
History of Previous Stroke, n (%) | ||||||
- No | 243 (87) | 246 (83) | 211 (85) | 213 (85) | 132 (81) | 161 (84) |
- Yes | 35 (13) | 51 (17) | 37 (15) | 39 (15) | 31 (19) | 30 (16) |
History of Atrial Fibrillation, n (%) | ||||||
- No | 167 (61) | 213 (70) | 165 (67) | 158 (63) | 114 (73) | 143 (72) |
- Yes | 107 (39) | 92 (30) | 82 (33) | 92 (37) | 42 (27) | 55 (28) |
Pre-morbid mRS, n (%) | ||||||
- mRS 0–2 | 231 (88) | 279 (93) | 205 (83) | 223 (89) | 110 (76) | 172 (88) |
- mRS 3–4 | 26 (10) | 18 (6) | 43 (17) | 27 (10.5) | 33 (23) | 23 (11.5) |
- mRS 5 | 4 (2) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) | 2 (1) | 1 (0.5) |
Baseline NIHSS | ||||||
- Mean ± SD | 11.71 ± 6.99 | 11.50 ± 6.51 | 10.05 ± 6.75 | 10.77 ± 6.39 | 10.53 ± 6.65 | 11.85 ± 6.78 |