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. 2013 Jan 29;10(3):247–255. doi: 10.1007/s10433-013-0259-7

Table 2.

Study sample characteristics, N = 31

Characteristic			Characteristic
Age^a	Median	75 years	First stroke^a	Yes/no	58 %/42 %
	Min–Max	54–94 years	First stroke^a	Yes/no	58 %/42 %
	Min–Max	54–94 years	Time post stroke^a	Mean	27 months
Stroke diagnosis^a	Infarction	89 %	Living condition^b	Alone	55 %
Stroke diagnosis^a	Hemorrhage	11 %	Living condition^b	Spouse/friend	45 %
Hospital care^a	Mean	10 days	Getting outdoors^b	Independently	94 %
Hospital care^a	Mean	10 days	Getting outdoors^b	With help	6 %
Side of injury^a,c	Right	36 %	Cognistat^b	Marked cognitive function^d	38 %
	Left	48 %		Marked cognitive function^d	38 %
	Bilateral	7 %		“Dementia syndrome”	14 %
	Unknown	10 %		“Dementia syndrome”	14 %
	Unknown	10 %		Years of education (M)	10, 4

^aFrom the Riks-stroke register or medical records

^bData collection within the study

^cData provided by a senior neurologist (co-author)

^dCognistat composite score <63 (Kiernan et al. 1987; Mueller et al. 2001)