Table 1.
Sociodemographic and stroke characteristics.
| Responders (N = 125) | |
|---|---|
| Age at the time of injury, mean (SD) | 70.5 (13.1) |
| Gender, n (%) | |
| Female | 48 (38) |
| Male | 77 (62) |
| Stroke subtype, n (%) | |
| Ischaemic | 113 (90) |
| Haemorrhagic | 12 (10) |
| Marital status, n (%) | |
| Married/cohabitant | 80 (64) |
| Widowed/single | 45 (36) |
| Education, n (%) | |
| ≤10 years | 60 (48) |
| >10 | 62 (50) |
| Unknown | 3 (2) |
| Living conditions at 3 months, n (%) | |
| Home, without assistance | 92 (73) |
| Home, with assistance | 23 (19) |
| Institution/residence for elderly | 10 (8) |
| Work status at 3 months, n (%) | |
| Student/unemployed/working fulltime or part-time | 23 (18) |
| Retired/sick-leave | 102 (82) |
| Modified Rankin Scale at 3 months, n (%) | |
| 0–1 no symptoms or no significant disability | 84 (67) |
| 2–3 slight or moderate disability | 33 (26) |
| 4–5 severe disability | 8 (7) |
SD: standard deviation.