Table 1.
Patient characteristics of the study population (n=75, divided in ‘paper-and-pencil’ and ‘telephone’ group) and non-respondents (n=182)
| Characteristic | Study population (n=75) | Non-respondents (n=182) | P value | ||
| ‘Paper-and-pencil’ (n=37) | ‘Telephone’ (n=38) | P value | |||
| Days between onset and follow-up, mean (SD) | 374.8 (59.7) | 375.7 (30.7) | n/a | ||
| Age, year, mean (SD) | 67.4 (9.9) | 70.4 (12.2) | 0.258* | 68.5 (12.2) | 0.810* |
| Gender | 0.160† | 0.053† | |||
| Female | 9 (24.3) | 15 (39.5) | 82 (45.1) | ||
| Male | 28 (75.7) | 23 (60.5) | 100 (54.9) | ||
| Diagnosis | 0.170† | 0.086† | |||
| TIA | 10 (27.0) | 16 (42.1) | 44 (24.2) | ||
| Minor stroke | 27 (73.0) | 22 (57.9) | 138 (75.8) | ||
| Localisation | 0.921† | 0.683‡ | |||
| Right hemisphere | 12 (32.4) | 11 (28.9) | 51 (28.0) | ||
| Left hemisphere | 14 (37.8) | 16 (42.1) | 77 (42.3) | ||
| Vertebrobasilar | 11 (29.7) | 11 (28.9) | 47 (25.8) | ||
| Ocular | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.6) | ||
| Other/unknown | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (2.2) | ||
| Stroke incidence | 0.729† | 0.469† | |||
| First ever | 29 (78.4) | 31 (81.6) | 138 (75.8) | ||
| Relapse | 8 (21.6) | 7 (18.4) | 44 (24.2) | ||
| Marital status | 0.999‡ | ||||
| Married | 22 (59.5) | 22 (57.9) | n/a | ||
| Unmarried | 13 (35.1) | 14 (36.8) | n/a | ||
| Widowed | 2 (5.4) | 2 (5.3) | n/a | ||
| Education | 0.532‡ | ||||
| Low | 5 (13.9) | 3 (7.9) | n/a | ||
| Average | 16 (44.4) | 21 (55.3) | n/a | ||
| High | 15 (41.7) | 14 (36.8) | n/a | ||
| Living arrangement | 0.925† | ||||
| Alone | 15 (40.5) | 15 (39.5) | n/a | ||
| With spouse/relative(s) | 22 (59.5) | 23 (60.5) | n/a | ||
| Current work status | 0.969† | ||||
| Back to work | 8 (21.6) | 8 (21.1) | n/a | ||
| Not (fully) back to work | 6 (16.2) | 7 (18.4) | n/a | ||
| Retired | 23 (62.2) | 23 (60.5) | n/a | ||
All data are expressed as n (%), except where specified.
*t-test.
†χ2 test.
‡Fisher’s exact test.
TIA, transient ischaemic attack; n/a, not available.