Patient characteristics at admission and outcomes at discharge, split by need for each therapy
| Study characteristics at admission | Physiotherapy | Occupational therapy | Speech and language therapy | Clinical psychology | Total | |
| Age mean (SD) | 76.2 (13.0) | 76 (13.1) | 77.2 (12.8) | 73.1 (13.7) | 76 (13.2) | |
| Freq (row%) | Freq (col%) | |||||
| Gender | Women | 45 524 (92.5) | 43 188 (87.8) | 28 665 (58.3) | 2245 (4.6) | 49 199 (51.8) |
| Ethnicity | Asian (inc Chinese) | 2435 (91.2) | 2354 (88.2) | 1482 (55.5) | 96 (3.6) | 2669 (2.8) |
| Black | 1220 (89.4) | 1213 (88.9) | 835 (61.2) | 72 (5.3) | 1365 (1.4) | |
| Mixed | 263 (89.5) | 256 (87.1) | 144 (49.0) | 20 (6.8) | 294 (0.3) | |
| Unknown | 4194 (90.8) | 4026 (87.1) | 2582 (55.9) | 252 (5.5) | 4620 (4.8) | |
| Other | 1027 (90.0) | 996 (87.3) | 654 (57.3) | 47 (4.1) | 1141 (1.2) | |
| White | 78 422 (92.5) | 74 730 (88.1) | 48 371 (57.0) | 3979 (4.7) | 84 816 (89.0) | |
| Stroke severity (NIHSS on admission) | Mild (<5) | 33 099 (91.0) | 32 582 (89.6) | 14 240 (39.1) | 1476 (4.1) | 36 376 (38.3) |
| Moderate (5–14) | 35 578 (94.8) | 34 190 (91.1) | 24 190 (64.5) | 2045 (5.4) | 37 527 (40.0) | |
| Severe (15–20) | 9668 (92.0) | 8794 (83.7) | 8048 (76.6) | 544 (5.2) | 10 505 (11.1) | |
| Very Severe (>20) | 9221 (87.8) | 8009 (76.3) | 7590 (72.3) | 401 (3.8) | 10 497 (11.1) | |
| Co-morbidities | Previous stroke/TIA | 24 583 (92.8) | 23 164 (87.4) | 15 558 (58.7) | 1189 (4.5%) | 26 496 (27.9%) |
| Diabetes | 18 018 (92.8) | 17 193 (88.6) | 10 834 (55.8) | 896 (4.6) | 19 414 (20.5) | |
| Atrial fibrillation | 19 750 (92.5) | 18 538 (86.8) | 13 430 (62.9) | 879 (4.1) | 21 352 (22.5) | |
| Hypertension | 48 635 (92.8) | 46 476 (88.7) | 30 233 (57.7) | 2392 (4.6) | 52 400 (55.2) | |
| Congestive heart failure | 5350 (94.0) | 4883 (85.8) | 3391 (59.6) | 246 (4.3) | 5690 (6.0) | |
| Stroke type | Infarction | 77 662 (91.6) | 74 972 (88.5) | 48 199 (56.9) | 3848 (4.5) | 84 747 (89.3) |
| Intracerebral haemorrhage | 9200 (90.6) | 8603 (84.7) | 5869 (57.8) | 618 (6.1) | 10 158 (10.7) | |
| Sociodeprivation (IMD home postcode ranking) | 1 (least) | 20 327 (92.7) | 19 380 (88.4) | 12 414 (56.6) | 972 (4.4) | 21 922 (21.1) |
| 2 | 20 586 (92.0) | 19 733 (88.2) | 12 767 (57.1) | 958 (4.3) | 22 377 (23.6) | |
| 3 | 20 864 (92.6) | 19 927 (88.4) | 13 148 (58.3) | 1021 (4.5) | 22 535 (23.7) | |
| 4 (most) | 18 859 (92.0) | 18 094 (88.3) | 11 769 (57.4) | 1155 (5.6) | 20 494 (21.6) | |
| Missing | 6925 (91.4) | 6441 (85.0) | 3970 (52.4) | 360 (4.8) | 7577 (7.9) | |
| Health outcomes at inpatient discharge | Freq (row%) | Freq (col%) | ||||
| Disability status | Indep (mRS ≤2) | 35 356 (90.5) | 35 037 (89.7) | 16 687 (42.7) | 1361 (3.5) | 39 050 (41.1) |
| Depen (mRS >2) | 52 205 (93.5) | 48 538 (86.9) | 37 381 (66.9) | 3105 (5.6) | 55 855 (58.9) | |
| Mortality | 11 002 (83.6) | 8926 (67.8) | 8344 (63.4) | 225 (1.7) | 13 156 (13.9) | |
| Discharge to residential car | 12 123 (95.5) | 11 227 (88.5) | 9412 (74.2) | 832 (6.6) | 12 690 (13.4) | |
| Discharge home | 37 902 (91.6) | 37 302 (90.1) | 19 989 (48.3) | 1939 (4.7) | 41 383 (43.6) | |
| Length of inpatient stay (Med (IQR) days) | 14.5 (7,36) | 14.6 (7,36) | 20.5 (9,45) | 35.8 (15,64) | 16.1 (9,40) | |
| Total | 87 561 | 83 575 | 54 068 | 4466 | 94 905 | |
IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation; mRS, modified Rankin Scale; NIHSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; TIA, Transient Ischaemic Attack.