Table 3.
Demographic and Functional Comparison of T-MOST and WLC Participants with Stroke (All Initial Participants)
| Variable | Details | T-MOST n (%) |
WLC n (%) |
p* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Female | 5 (50) | 5 (62.5) | 0.60 |
| Male | 5 (50) | 3 (37.5) | ||
| Age (years) | Mean (SD) | 61.8 (9.8) | 65.6 (4.7) | 0.06 |
| Time since stroke (years) | Mean (SD) | 4.1 (3.4) | 3.2 (3.0) | 0.49 |
| Hemiplegic side | Right | 3 (30) | 4 (50) | 0.39 |
| Left | 7 (70) | 4 (50) | ||
| Marital status | Married | 9 (90) | 5 (62.5) | 0.23 |
| Divorced | 1 (10) | 2 (25) | ||
| Widowed | 0 (0) | 1 (12.5) | ||
| Living setting | House | 9 (90) | 6 (75) | 0.40 |
| Apartment | 1 (10) | 2 (25) | ||
| Living partner(s) | Family | 10 (100) | 5 (62.5) | 0.034 |
| Alone | 0 (0) | 3 (37.5) | ||
| Vocation | Homemaker | 2 (20) | 1 (12.5) | 0.51 |
| Not working | 1 (10) | 0 (0) | ||
| Retired for age | 3 (30) | 5 (62.5) | ||
| Retired for disability | 4 (40) | 2 (25) | ||
| Finances | Just enough | 3 (33) | 3 (37.5) | 0.30 |
| Some extra | 2 (22) | 4 (50) | ||
| Plenty | 4 (44) | 1 (12.5) | ||
| Education | Some high school | 2 (20) | 3 (37.5) | 0.33 |
| Completed high school | 2 (20) | 3 (37.5) | ||
| Some post-secondary | 3 (30) | 0 (0) | ||
| Completed post-secondary | 3 (30) | 2 (25) |
Based on Mann-Whitney test for age and time since stroke, and chi-square tests for all others.