Table 1.
Baseline clinical and demographic descriptives for the sample
| Descriptors | Usual care (n=27) |
HeART of Stroke (n=29) |
Entire cohort (n=56) |
| Sex, n (%) | |||
| female; male | 7 (26); 20 (74) | 17 (59); 12 (41) | 24 (43); 32 (57) |
| Age (years), mean (SD) range | 67.4 (12.83) 39–88 | 72.0 (11.22) 27–87 | 69.8 (12.13) 27–88 |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | |||
| White English | 25 (93) | 23 (79) | 48 (86) |
| White other British | 1 (4) | 5 (17) | 6 (11) |
| Mixed-white and Asian | 1 (4) | – | 1 (2) |
| Black or black British-African | – | 1 (3) | 1 (2) |
| Time since stroke (months), median (IQR) range* | 7 (5) 2–19 | 7 (7) 1–32 | 7 (5) 1–32 |
| Stroke type, n (%) | |||
| Ischaemic/thrombotic | 6 (22) | 5 (17) | 11 (20) |
| Ischaemic/embolic | 1 (4) | 1 (3) | 2 (4) |
| Haemorrhagic/intracerebral | 2 (7) | 2 (7) | 4 (7) |
| Haemorrhagic/subarachnoid | – | 1 (3) | 1 (2) |
| Ischaemic/type unknown | 13 (48) | 16 (55) | 29 (52) |
| Haemorrhagic/type unknown | 4 (15) | 3 (10) | 7 (13) |
| Type unknown | 1 (4) | 1 (3) | 2 (4) |
| Stroke severity (Rivermead Motor Assessment - gross function subscale), n (%) | |||
| Total score ≤6 | 1 (4) | 2 (7) | 3 (5) |
| Total score ≥7 | 26 (96) | 27 (93) | 53 (95) |
| Stroke side, n (%) | |||
| Left | 11 (42) | 15 (52) | 26 (47) |
| Right | 13 (50) | 11 (38) | 24 (44) |
| Both sides | 1 (4) | 3 (10) | 4 (7) |
| Not applicable | 1 (4) | – | 1 (2) |
| Missing | 1 | – | 1 |
| Centre, n (%) | |||
| Bournemouth | 16 (59) | 17 (59) | 33 (59) |
| Cambridgeshire | 11 (41) | 12 (41) | 23 (41) |
| Level of education (highest qualification), n (%) | |||
| No qualifications | 3 (12) | 8 (30) | 11 (21) |
| One or more General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) or equivalent | 4 (16) | 4 (15) | 8 (15) |
| One or more General Certificate of Education (GCE) A- (Advanced) level or equivalent | 5 (20) | 1 (4) | 6 (12) |
| First degree or higher | 1 (4) | 5 (19) | 6 (12) |
| Other | 12 (48) | 9 (33) | 21 (40) |
| Missing | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Prestroke employment status, n (%) | |||
| Retired | 14 (52) | 25 (86) | 39 (70) |
| Full-time employment | 3 (11) | 1 (3) | 4 (7) |
| Part-time employment | 3 (11) | 1 (3) | 4 (7) |
| Self-employed | 2 (7) | 1 (3) | 3 (5) |
| Other (unemployed; home maker) | 5 (19) | 1 (3) | 6 (11) |
| Marital status, n (%) | |||
| Single | 4 (15) | 3 (10) | 7 (13) |
| Married/cohabiting | 17 (63) | 13 (45) | 30 (54) |
| Separated/divorced | 3 (11) | 3 (10) | 6 (11) |
| Widowed | 3 (11) | 10 (34) | 13 (23) |
| Household composition, n (%) | |||
| Living alone | 9 (33) | 13 (45) | 22 (39) |
| Living with others | 18 (67) | 15 (52) | 33 (59) |
| Sheltered housing | – | 1 (3) | 1 (2) |
| Taking medication for mood, n (%) | |||
| No | 21 (78) | 24 (86) | 45 (82) |
| Yes | 6 (22) | 4 (14) | 10 (18) |
| Missing | – | 1 | 1 |
| Communication difficulties†, n (%) | |||
| No | 18 (67) | 12 (41) | 30 (54) |
| Yes | 9 (33) | 17 (59) | 26 (46) |
| Motricity Index total score‡, median (IQR), n | 100 (27) 12–100, 27 | 84 (29) 1–100, 29 | 84.5 (27) 1-100, 56 |
*Although the inclusion criterion for the study was ≤24 months poststroke, we erroneously recruited one participant at 32 months poststroke and this participant’s data are included in the analysis.
†Boston Severity Rating Scale.
‡For one case there was a missing value for one item and this was replaced by the mean.