Inclusion of a care bundle for fever, hyperglycaemia and swallow management in a National Audit for acute stroke: evidence of upscale and spread

Table 4 Changes in adherence to composite outcome over time (2013–2017) by participation in QASC/QASCIP and the presence of a stroke unit

	2015 vs 2013^a		2017 vs 2015^a		2017 vs 2013^a
	OR (95% CI)	p value^b	OR (95% CI)	p value^b	OR (95% CI)	p value^b
Participation in QASC/QASCIP
Participated^c	1.2 (0.95, 1.6)	0.4	1.7 (1.4, 2.0)	0.4	2.1 (1.7, 2.7)	0.03
Not participated^c	1.1 (0.93, 1.2)	0.4	1.5 (1.4, 1.7)	0.4	1.6 (1.4, 1.8)	0.03
Presence of a stroke unit
Yes	1.0 (0.93, 1.2)	0.051	1.7 (1.5, 1.8)	0.09	1.7 (1.5, 1.9)	0.6
No	1.4 (1.04, 1.9)	0.051	1.4 (1.0, 1.8)	0.09	1.9 (1.4, 2.6)	0.6

Dependent variable is adherence to composite outcome measure; independent variables include interaction term between year/participation QASC/QASCIP or year/stroke unit presence, adjusted for correlation within hospital. OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval
^aReference year
^bFor the interaction term
^cParticipated in QASC or QASCIP

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