Table 1.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Sample
| % of patients* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Completed discharge interview (n=209) |
Returned discharge survey (n=94) |
Completed 6-month interview (n=182) |
Returned 6-month survey (n=67) |
Completed 1-year interview (n=148) |
Returned 1-year survey (n=47) |
| Sex, male/female | 51/49 | 49/51 | 52/48 | 51/49 | 54/46 | 49/51 |
| Age, mean (SD) y | 73 (11.2) | 73 (10.5) | 73 (11.2) | 72 (10.4) | 73 (11.2) | 73 (10.2) |
| Marital status, married or partner | 59 | 62 | 58 | 64 | 60 | 63 |
| Living situation before stroke | ||||||
| Own home | 82 | 83 | 80 | 86 | 86 | 87 |
| Living alone | 24 | 22 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 20 |
| Education, >high school | 60 | 66 | 59 | 65 | 63 | 64 |
| L1 English | 78 | 80 | 75 | 73 | 75 | 72 |
| Employed pre-stroke | 19 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 11 |
| Indep ADL pre-stroke | 87 | 93 | 86 | 86 | 85 | 87 |
| Indep IADL pre-stroke | 75 | 87 | 72 | 82 | 77 | 83 |
| First stroke | 72 | 76 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 62 |
| Type of stroke | ||||||
| Ischemic | 88 | 87 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 87 |
| Haemorrhagic | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 |
| Side of hemiplegia | ||||||
| Right | 44 | 47 | 45 | 48 | 45 | 43 |
| Left | 45 | 37 | 42 | 39 | 42 | 48 |
| Bilateral | 11 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 9 |
| No. of comorbidities, mean (SD) | 3.9 (2.1) | 3.7 (2.1) | 4.0 (2.1) | 4.0 (2.1) | 3.9 (2.1) | 4.1 (2.2) |
| Acute FIM score, mean (SD) | 82 (26.2) | 86 (25.6) | 82 (26.6) | 83 (27.0) | 82 (26.6) | 82 (29.5) |
| Location | ||||||
| Own home | 68 | 79 | 71 | 81 | 75 | 77 |
| Nursing home | 13 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 9 |
| FIM score, mean (SD) | 106 (21.8) | 110 (20.1) | 107 (23.5) | 112 (19.0) | 110 (20.5) | 112 (21.2) |
*
Unless otherwise indicated.
L1=first language; Indep=independent; ADL=activities of daily living; IADL=instrumental activities of daily living; FIM=Functional Independence Measure.