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Table 4 Adherence to recommendation for swallow screening and documentation of time from admission to swallow screening

From: Dysphagia screening after acute stroke: a quality improvement project using criteria-based clinical audit

 

Baseline

n = 88

Re-audit

n = 51

Difference

(95% CI)

P value*

Adherence to recommendation

 Yes, n (%)

5 (6)

31 (61)

26 (55; 39–70)

<0.001

Time from admission to swallow screening

 Documented in EMR, n (%)

6 (7)

39 (76)

33 (69; 55–84)

<0.001

 Median time, hour

6.1

2.3

3.8 (0.5–14.8)

0.024

 Interquartile range

3.2–19.5

1.5–3.5

  

 Range

1.7–26.9

0.8–96.7

  
  1. *Mann Whitney U test for continuous variables and Pearson Chi-Square test for categorical variables