Table 1.
Demography and severity measures at acute phase, and SF-12 components at 3 months and 1 year after stroke
| London |
Kaunas |
Warsaw |
Dijon |
Sesto Fiorentino |
All |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 425 | 792 | 118 | 368 | 145 | 1848 | ||||||
| Age, mean (SD) | 69.6 | (14.5) | 70.8 | (12.5) | 70.4 | (13.0) | 74.4 | (13.2) | 75.7 | (11.7) | 71.7 | (13.2) |
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Female | 236 | 55.5 | 341 | 43.1 | 58 | 49.2 | 180 | 48.9 | 75 | 51.7 | 890 | 48.2 |
| Male | 189 | 44.5 | 451 | 56.9 | 60 | 50.8 | 188 | 51.1 | 70 | 48.3 | 958 | 51.8 |
| GCS (verbal component) | ||||||||||||
| Bad response | 178 | 41.9 | 297 | 37.5 | 36 | 30.5 | 65 | 17.7 | 38 | 26.2 | 614 | 33.2 |
| Oriented | 244 | 57.4 | 483 | 61 | 81 | 68.6 | 302 | 82.1 | 102 | 70.3 | 121 | 65.6 |
| Unknown | 3 | 0.7 | 12 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.3 | 5 | 3.4 | 22 | 1.2 |
| Able to walk without help | ||||||||||||
| No | 238 | 56 | 563 | 71.1 | 60 | 50.8 | 175 | 47.6 | 91 | 62.8 | 1127 | 61 |
| Yes | 185 | 43.5 | 212 | 26.8 | 57 | 48.3 | 187 | 50.8 | 54 | 37.2 | 695 | 37.6 |
| Unknown | 2 | 0.5 | 17 | 2.1 | 1 | 0.8 | 6 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1.4 |
| Able to lift arms | ||||||||||||
| No | 191 | 44.9 | 454 | 57.3 | 47 | 39.8 | 141 | 38.3 | 66 | 45.5 | 899 | 48.6 |
| Yes | 233 | 54.8 | 322 | 40.7 | 70 | 59.3 | 220 | 59.8 | 79 | 54.5 | 924 | 50 |
| Unknown | 1 | 0.2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0.8 | 7 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1.4 |
| BI | ||||||||||||
| Not independent (BI≤19) | 76 | 17.9 | 120 | 15.2 | 31 | 26.3 | 77 | 20.9 | 33 | 22.8 | 337 | 18.2 |
| Independent (BI=20) | 347 | 81.7 | 666 | 84.1 | 66 | 55.9 | 254 | 69.0 | 110 | 75.9 | 1443 | 78.1 |
| Unknown | 2 | 0.5 | 6 | 0.8 | 21 | 17.8 | 37 | 10.1 | 2 | 1.4 | 68 | 3.7 |
| Swallow test | ||||||||||||
| Fail | 137 | 32.2 | 125 | 15.8 | 17 | 14.4 | 65 | 17.7 | 30 | 20.7 | 374 | 20.2 |
| Pass | 254 | 59.8 | 584 | 73.7 | 89 | 75.4 | 274 | 74.5 | 80 | 55.2 | 1281 | 69.3 |
| Unknown | 34 | 8 | 83 | 10.5 | 12 | 10.2 | 29 | 7.9 | 35 | 24.1 | 193 | 10.4 |
| Incontinent/catheterised | ||||||||||||
| No | 284 | 66.8 | 546 | 68.9 | 82 | 69.5 | 317 | 86.1 | 88 | 60.7 | 1317 | 71.3 |
| Yes | 102 | 24 | 150 | 18.9 | 15 | 12.7 | 37 | 10.1 | 47 | 32.4 | 351 | 19.0 |
| Unknown | 39 | 9.2 | 96 | 12.1 | 21 | 17.8 | 14 | 3.8 | 10 | 6.9 | 180 | 9.7 |
| Completed SF-12 at 3 months, n | 191 | 471 | 222 | 84 | 89 | 1057 | ||||||
| 3 months PCS, mean (SD) | 37.5 | (11.1) | 34.3 | (9.6) | 41.3 | (10.7) | 38.8 | (11.9) | 41.6 | (10.4) | 37.0 | (10.8) |
| 1 year PCS, mean (SD) | 38.6 | (11.0) | 39.8 | (10.7) | 40.9 | (11.0) | 37.5 | (13.7) | 44.5 | (10.9) | 39.7 | (11.5) |
| 3 months MCS, mean (SD) | 47.3 | (12.1) | 51.2 | (11.5) | 46.7 | (10.7) | 39.8 | (9.4) | 44.2 | (11.3) | 47.2 | (12.0) |
| 1 year MCS, mean (SD) | 49.0 | (11.2) | 53.6 | (9.1) | 49.0 | (10.5) | 37.8 | (7.3) | 43.5 | (10.5) | 48.7 | (11.1) |
Differences across populations for all variables were significant at p value <0.001.
BI, Barthel Index; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; MCS, mental component summary; PCS, physical component summary; SF-12, Short-Form Health Survey.