Journal of Nursing & Care

Su Jung Lee

Publications

• Research Article
  Association between Prehospital Delay Status and Stroke Severity in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Shift-Analysis Approach
  Author(s): Su Jung LeeSu Jung Lee
  
  Objective: We investigated the association between stroke severity and pre-hospital delay of patients with an acute ischemic stroke (AIS).Method: A consecutive 1,412 patients with AIS enrolled in the acute stroke registry were included in the final study. Stroke severity was assessed by National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score. A pre-hospital delay between less than 3 h and 3 h or more was compared using Pearson's chi-square for categorical variables and Student's t-test or Mann-Whitney U test for continuous variables, as appropriate. Association between initial NIHSS score and pre-hospital delay was plotted with Spearman’s correlation analysis. We used the analysis of variance or Kruskal-Wallis test and chi-squared test to compare the baseline characteristics according to NIHSS tertile. We analysed the variables associated .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168.1000452

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