Table 1. Participant demographics, living situation and functional status at baseline, 16 months and 10 years after stroke (N = 145).

Characteristic	Baseline	16 months	10 years
Age (years), mean (min-max)	66 (17–87)	68 (19–88)	76 (28–97)
Gender (women), n (%)	59 (41)
Education level, n (%)
Low (≤ 9 yrs)	86 (59)
Medium (10–12 yrs)	27 (18)
High (> 12 yrs/university)	32 (22)
Stroke type, n (%)
Cerebral infarction	126 (87)
Intracerebral hemorrhage	10 (7)
Subarachnoid hemorrhage	8 (5)
Undefined	1 (1)
Stroke severity (NIHSS) median (Q1-Q3)	3.0 (1.5–5.0)
Recurrent stroke since baseline, n (%)		8 (6)	22 (15)
Housing situation, n (%)
Ordinary housing, no home care		131 (90)	99 (68)
Ordinary housing, with home care		11 (7)	31 (22)
Assisted living facility/residential care		3 (2)	15 (10)
ADL dependence (Barthel Index)1, n (%)
Independent		124 (86)	106 (73)
Moderate dependence		15 (10)	19 (13)
Major dependence		6 (4)	20 (14)
Overall activity level (mFAI)2, n (%)
Inactive			34 (23)
Moderately active			42 (29)
Highly active			69 (48)

NHISS: The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, score range 0–42 [36].

mFAI: Swedish modified and extended Frenchay Activities Index [37].

¹ Independence = 95–100, moderate dependence = 60–90, major dependence = 0–55 [38].

² Inactive = 0–16; Moderately active = 17–32; Highly active = 33–48.