Table 1.

Characteristics of stroke survivors and caregivers

	Stroke survivors n (%)	Stroke caregivers n (%)
Total	248	212
Age
<45	3 (1.2)	49 (23.1)
45–54	29 (11.7)	69 (32.5)
55–64	54 (21.8)	65 (30.7)
65–74	63 (25.4)	21 (9.9)
75–84	73 (29.4)	5 (2.4)
≥85	26 (10.5)	3 (1.4)
Gender
Male	125 (50.4)	95 (44.8)
Female	123 (49.6)	117 (55.2)
Time since stroke, years
<1	170 (68.5)	132 (62.3)
1–3	41 (16.5)	37 (17.5)
4–7	13 (5.2)	22 (10.4)
8–10	6 (2.4)	8 (3.8)
>10	18 (7.3)	13 (6.1)
Education, years
<3	19 (7.7)	2 (0.9)
3–6	44 (17.7)	13 (6.1)
6–9	70 (28.2)	56 (26.4)
9–12	88 (35.5)	93 (43.9)
>12	27 (10.9)	48 (22.6)
Type of stroke
Ischaemic stroke	192 (77.4)	170 (80.2)
Haemorrhagic stroke	56 (22.6)	42 (19.8)
NIHSS score
<4	115 (46.4)	90 (42.5)
4–15	127 (51.2)	116 (54.7)
>15	6 (2.4)	6 (2.8)

NIHSS, National institutes of Health Stroke Scale.