Table 1.

Characteristics of participants who took part in the survey study (mean scores reported unless otherwise stated)

	All patients				Patients who receive any kind of help				Patients with unmet needs				Patients who miss medication
	N	%	Mean	SD	N	%	Mean	SD	N	%	Mean	SD	N	%	Mean	SD
Age	588		72.7	11.6	331		73.6	12.2	64		68.8		203		70.5	13.0
Female	210	37.8			112	36.2			18	28.6			68	35.6
Male	346	67.2			197	63.2			45	71.4			123	64.4
Time since stroke	535		7.7	7.6	295		7.97	8.5	61		9.3	9.2	186		7.7	8.5
N of daily medicines	557		6.4	4	312		7.3	4.5	59		9.7	7.1	190		6.9	4.1
Independent for ADLs (BI=20)	139	28.3			53	18.9			5	9.8			45	25.7
Moderately dependent for ADLs (BI=15–19)	231	47.1			130	46.4			17	33.3			84	48.0
Severely dependent for ADLs (BI=0–14)	121	24.6			97	34.6			29	56.9			46	26.3

N represents the number of participants who completed the survey in respect to the different variables.

BI, Barthel Index.