First assessment at hospital
| All patients | University hospital | County hospitals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n=1376 | n=534 | n=842 | p Value* | |
| Suspicion of stroke (0,6,1)† | ||||
| Yes | 82 | 87 | 80 | 0.001 |
| Consciousness (according to RLS) (8,5) | 0.47 | |||
| 1 | 78 | 77 | 78 | |
| 2 | 10 | 8 | 11 | |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |
| ≥4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |
| Uncertain | 3 | 6 | 2 | |
| Symptoms (%) | ||||
| Hemiparesis/plegia (8,4) | 55 | 58 | 50 | 0.006 |
| Facial droop (10,5) | 33 | 36 | 31 | 0.09 |
| Numbness, hemihypesthesia (4,11) | 21 | 25 | 16 | <0.0001 |
| Double vision (17,12) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0.11 |
| Aphasia/dysphasia (11,7) | 40 | 39 | 41 | 0.68 |
| Headache (15,14) | 15 | 16 | 14 | 0.35 |
| Vertigo (15,15) | 23 | 25 | 20 | 0.08 |
| Syncope (13,14) | 4 | 6 | 2 | <0.0001 |
| Compromised balance (17,14) | 21 | 22 | 20 | 0.26 |
| Dysphagia (20,17) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0.79 |
| Oxygen saturation (5,22) | ||||
| <90 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0.06 |
| All patients | University hospital | County hospitals | ||
| n=1376 | n=534 | n=842 | p Value | |
| Blood pressure (mm Hg) | ||||
| Systolic (1,12) | ||||
| <100 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0.69 |
| >140 | 74 | 71 | 77 | 0.02 |
| >200 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.42 |
| Diastolic (3,12) | ||||
| >90 | 40 | 33 | 44 | <0.0001 |
| >120 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0.46 |
| Heart rate (bpm) (3,15) | ||||
| <50 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
| >100 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0.92 |
| Heart rhythm (7,18) | ||||
| Sinus rhythm | 74 | 74 | 74 | 0.89 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 22 | 21 | 22 | 0.48 |
| Other rhythm | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0.73 |
*p Value refers to a comparison between university and county hospitals.
†Proportion of patients with missing information in university and county hospitals.
RLS, reaction level scale.