Table 5.

Changes in SIS median ratings from baseline to post intervention and from baseline to 3-month follow-up (including effect size)^Θ.

Outcome measure (possible range of scores)	Baseline	Post-intervention	Baseline to post intervention (n = 5)			Follow-up	Baseline to follow-up (n = 4)‡
	Mdn (IQR)	Mdn (IQR)	z	p	r (ES)	Mdn (IQR)	z	p	r (ES)
SIS domains (0–100)
Strength	50.00 (28.50–75.00)	50.0 (34.50–78.50)	−0.0680	0.496	−0.030	47.00 (38.75–87.50)	−0.535	0.593	−0.268
Memory and thinking	68.00 (43.00–89.50)	89.00 (68.00–93.00)	−1.841†	0.066	−0.823	82.00 (52.25–98.25)	−1.826†	0.068	−0.913
Emotion	81.00 (54.50–94.00)	86.00 (71.00–90.00)	−0.535	0.593	−0.239	79.00 (63.75–94.25)	0.000	1.000	0.000
Communication	89.00 (73.50–96.50)	96.00 (89.00–98.00)	−1.826†	0.068	−0.817	80.00 (64.75–98.25)	−0.365	0.715	−0.183
ADL/IADL	80.00 (41.50–90.50)	75.0 (52.50–93.00)	−0.813	0.416	−0.364	70.0 (51.75–90.50)	−1.095	0.273	−0.548
Mobility	64.00 (44.50–86.00)	75.00 (69.50–86.00)	−1.289	0.197	−0.577	72.00 (61.75–90.50)	−0.736	0.461	−0.368
Hand function	50.00 (15.00–85.00)	70.00 (30.00–90.00)	−1.490	0.136	−0.666	55.00 (21.25–85.00)	−0.184	0.854	−0.092
Participation	69.00 (31.00–94.00)	84.00 (34.50–97.00)	−1.095	0.273	−0.490	56.00 (53.00–85.25)	−1.089	0.276	−0.545
General recovery	65.00 (45.00–85.00)	70.00 (45.00–82.50)	0.000	1.000	0.000	60.00 (27.50–92.50)	−0.365	0.715	−0.183

SIS, the stoke impact scale, higher scores reflect better QoL (82); QoL, quality of life; Mdn, Median; IQR, interquartile range; EF, effect size.

^ΘAn effect size (r) was calculated from the z value of Wilcoxon signed-rank test ($r=z/\sqrt{}n$) (94) and can be interpreted as a small (r ≤ 0.10), medium (r = 0.30), and large (r ≥ 0.50) effect size (95).

^†near statistical significance; 0.05 ≤ p < 0.1.

^‡Participant 4 was lost to follow-up due to an unstable medical condition unrelated to the study intervention, and he was therefore not included in the baseline to follow-up analysis.