The Oxford handicap scale is a measure of disability, ranging from 0 (no symptoms) through to 5 (bed-bound and incontinent) and 6 (dead). There was no statistically significant difference in the Oxford handicap scale between those allocated IPC and No IPC. However there is a 3% reduction in the proportion who have died at the final follow up in the IPC arm. Also there is a 4% increase in the proportion surviving with severe disability with IPC. This issue is discussed in the Lancet neurology paper.
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