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. 2023 Oct 9;23:364. doi: 10.1186/s12883-023-03419-9

Table 4.

Factors associated with Post-stroke Limitations in Basic and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in TASH, Apr-Oct, 2022

% with Limitations in BADL (BI < 95); % with Severe
Limitations in BADL (BI ≤ 60);
% with Limitations in IADL (FAI ≤ 30); %with Severe
Limitations in IADL (FAI ≤ 15);
Characteristics n(%); AOR (95% CI) n(%); AOR (95% CI) n(%); AOR (95% CI) n(%); AOR (95% CI)
Age, Mean (SD) 57 (± 15); 65(± 14); 54(± 15); 57(± 16);
0.985 (0.88,1.1) 1.1 (1.04–1.15)* 0.94(0.85,1.03) 0.99(0.9,1.1)
Duration Since 17 (31.5); 20 (20.8); 81 (84.4); 54(56.3);
Stroke ≤ One Year 5.18 (0.38,70.5) 0.000(0.000) 5.7 (0.007,4834) 0.84 (0.01,79.7)
(N = 96)
History of Regular 16 (64); 4(16); 22(88); 16(64);
substance use 11.1 (1.1,115)* 0.000(0.000) 31(1.3,745)* 3.5 (0.3,38.1)
present (N = 25)^
Age at Onset > 50 35 (46.1); 20(26.3); 67 (88.2); 45(59.2);
years (N = 76) 5.667 (0.77,45.2) 0.000(0.000) 0.249 (0.045,1.4) 0.29(0.068,1.25)
Comorbid Cardiac 11 (25.6); 7 (16.3); 38 (88.4); 24(55.8);
Disease (N = 43) 6.99 (1.3,37.5)* 2.1 (0.54,8.02 1.9 (0.17,20.1) 1.9(0.36,10.1)
Aphasia (N = 22) 13 (59.1); 8(36.4); 22 (100); 19(86.4);
3.15 (0.33,29.9) 0.000(0.000) 0.000(0.000) 0.52(0.05,5.24)
Depression 43 (66.2); 22(33.8); 63 (96); 58(89.2);
(N = 65) 0.58 (0.06,5.3) 0.000(0.000) 0.167 (0.01,2.85) 5.1(1.1,23.2)*
Cognitive 19 (76); 15 (60); 25 (100); 23(92);
Impairment 0.21 (0.15,3.1) 0.000(0.000) 0.000(0.000) 5.8(0.4,83.3
(MMSE ≤ 23) (N = 25)
Initial Stroke 32 (42.1); 16 (21.1); 63 (82.9); 47(61.8);
Severity (NIHSS 0.68 (0.04,10.86) 0.000(0.000) 7.33 (1.2,44.7)* 0.26(0.05,1.43)
≥ 5) (N = 76)

BADL = Basic Activities of Daily Living; BI = Barthel Index; FAI = Frenchay Activity Index; IADL = Instrumental Activities of Daily Living; MMSE = Minimental State Examination; mRS = Modified Rankin’s Scale; NIHSS = National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire-9. * represent statistically significant variables with p-values ≤ 0.05. ^Substances of abuse identified in our study include alcohol, nicotine, and khat (Catha edulis). N (capital) represents the number of participants with the mentioned characteristics, while “n”(small) represents the proportion of patients with limitations in ADL.