Table 1. Characteristics of participants and stroke survivors.

Characteristics of		Characteristics of
Family Caregivers	N	Stroke Survivors	N
Gender		Gender
Male	2	Male	5
Female	8	Female	5
Age (years)		Age (years)
20–40	4	65–74	4
40–64	3	75–84	4
65-and above	3	85-and above	2
Type of Relationship		Duration of Stroke (months)
Wife/Husband	2	1–6 months	4
Daughter/Son	4	7–12 months	3
Daughter-in-low/Son-in-low	2	13-	3
Granddaughter/Grandson	2	Barthel Index
Education		0–20 (total dependence)	9
Illiterate	1	61–90 (moderate dependence)	1
Elementary school	1	91–99 (slight dependence)	0
High school	2	100 (independence)	0
College and above	6	a NIHSS
Employment		0–3	0
Yes	0	4–15	3
No	10	>16	7
		Incontinence
		Urinary	10
		Fecal	7
		Both	7
		Indwelling urinary catheter
		placement
		Yes	1
		No	9

^aNIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.