Presentation and processes of care in people with acute stroke with and without schizophrenia
| Schizophrenia n=612 | No schizophrenia n=51 861 | Std. diff. | |
| Arrival by ambulance, n (%) | 489 (79.9) | 37 424 (72.2) | 0.18 |
| Time from symptom onset to ED arrival (hours), median (IQR) | 7.7 (1.8–22.2) | 5.8 (1.5–20.0) | 0.11 |
| Dysphagia screening, n (%) | 361 (59.0) | 28 022 (54.0) | 0.10 |
| Stroke unit care, n (%) | 281 (45.9) | 23 717 (45.7) | 0.004 |
| Intensive care unit admission, n (%) | 126 (20.6) | 11 499 (22.2) | 0.04 |
| Palliative approach to care, n (%) | 102 (16.7) | 7398 (14.3) | 0.07 |
| Subgroup with ischaemic stroke, N | 496 | 40 734 | |
| Carotid imaging – n (%) | 329 (66.3) | 30 157 (74.0) | 0.17 |
| Thrombolysis given -n (%) | 50 (10.1) | 5477 (13.4) | 0.10 |
| Reason thrombolysis not given - % | |||
| Arrival too late | 51.6 | 52.1 | 0.01 |
| Contraindication | 10.5 | 10.0 | 0.02 |
| Symptoms too mild | 21.3 | 28.5 | 0.17 |
| Symptoms too severe | 5.4 | 4.4 | 0.05 |
| Other physician decision | 11.0 | 8.7 | 0.08 |
| Delayed decision | 2.2 | 3.1 | 0.05 |
| No reason documented | 10.3 | 8.4 | 0.07 |
| Subgroup with ischaemic stroke alive at discharge, N | 433 | 36 331 | |
| Antihypertensive therapy prescribed, n (%) | 285 (65.8) | 26 966 (74.2) | 0.18 |
| Lipid-lowering therapy prescribed, n (%) | 270 (62.4) | 24 690 (68.0) | 0.12 |
| Antiplatelet therapy, n (%) | 344 (79.4) | 28 119 (77.4) | 0.05 |
| Anticoagulation (in subgroup with atrial fibrillation), n/N (%) | 40/67 (59.7) | 6430/8971 (71.7) | 0.25 |
Std. diff.: values of >0.10 are considered to represent a meaningful difference.
ED, emergency department; std. diff., standardised difference of the mean.