Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants.
| Characteristic | N = 5001 |
|---|---|
| Age in years | |
| Median (IQR) | 58 (51, 67) |
| Mean (SD) | 58 (12) |
| Range | 24, 88 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 281 (56.2) |
| Female | 219 (43.8) |
| Marital Status | |
| Currently Married | 333 (66.6) |
| Previously Married | 144 (28.8) |
| Never Married | 23 (4.6) |
| Educational Status | |
| None | 49 (9.8) |
| Primary | 205 (41.0) |
| Secondary | 164 (32.8) |
| Tertiary | 82 (16.4) |
| Living Status | |
| Lives Alone | 29 (5.8) |
| Lives With Spouse and Children | 272 (54.4) |
| Lives in a Nursing Home | 1 (0.2) |
| Lives With Spouse | 30 (6.0) |
| Lives With Extended Family | 72 (14.4) |
| Lives With Children | 96 (19.2) |
| Religion | |
| Christianity | 448 (89.6) |
| Islam | 49 (9.8) |
| Other | 3 (0.6) |
| Domicile | |
| Rural | 35 (7.0) |
| Semi-Urban | 165 (33.0) |
| Urban | 300 (60.0) |
| Income in GHC | |
| 0–100 | 102 (20.6) |
| 101–250 | 160 (32.4) |
| 251–500 | 145 (29.4) |
| >500 | 87 (17.6) |
| Missing | 6 |
| Stroke Type (Choose One) | |
| Ischemic Stroke | 306 (61.2) |
| Intracerebral Hemorrhagic Stroke | 109 (21.8) |
| Untyped Stroke (no CT scan available) | 85 (17) |
| Body Mass Index | |
| Median (IQR) | 26.2 (22.7, 30.0) |
| Mean (SD) | 26.6 (5.5) |
| Range | 11.4, 47.9 |
| Missing | 24 |
| Barthels Index | |
| Median (IQR) | 80 (40, 90) |
| Mean (SD) | 66 (27) |
| Range | 0, 90 |
| Missing | 19 |
| Health institution category | |
| Primary | 148 (29.6) |
| Secondary | 119 (23.8) |
| Tertiary | 233 (46.6) |