Table III.

Period prevalence of health problems according to Well-being, Integrity, Prevention, and Safety (VIPS) classification key words as reported at interview and found in primary health care and municipal elderly health care records, measured on three occasions during the first post-stroke year, after adjustment for the influence of age, sex, marital status, stroke number, loneliness, education, and for non-exposure (hospital admissions and mortality).

		Health problems reported at interviews				Health problems in patient records
		1 week after discharge	3 months after index	12 months after index	P for trend	1 week after discharge	3 months after index	12 months after index	P for trend
Health problems, total, %		82.2	87.0	97.2	< 0.0001	43.3	55.2	91.5	< 0.0001
	Perception	47.3	51.5	69.6	< 0.0001	9.7	13.2	42.4	< 0.0001
	Activity	27.9	33.9	64.2	< 0.0001	9.6	12.5	35.3	< 0.0001
	Sleep	36.0	40.6	62.4	< 0.0001	10.9	14.4	41.3	< 0.0001
	Cognition	19.8	23.2	42.5	< 0.0001	2.2	2.9	11.0	< 0.0001
	Pain	19.9	21.8	32.2	< 0.0005	12.0	16.5	50.6	< 0.0001
	Elimination	13.6	16.1	32.1	< 0.0001	19.0	23.4	50.4	< 0.0001
	Nutrition	14.2	16.4	29.3	< 0.0001	6.0	7.9	25.4	< 0.0001
	Breathing or circulation	8.6	10.6	25.4	< 0.0001	7.9	11.3	44.3	< 0.0001
	Communication	12.8	14.5	24.9	< 0.0001	3.5	4.2	8.7	= 0.005
	Psycho-social	12.2	13.4	20.4	< 0.0001	8.2	10.5	28.6	< 0.0001
	Skin	1.6	2.1	6.9	< 0.0001	6.1	8.5	32.2	< 0.0001
	Miscellaneous	2.9	3.5	8.5	< 0.0005	1.3	1.9	10.3	< 0.0001