Table 1. Demographic data for 92 ALS patients (n ± range).
| Overall | Writing devices | Communication boards | Switch control devices | Eye control devices | |||||
| (n=92) | Introduced (n=14) |
Not introduced (n=70) |
Introduced (n=27) |
Not introduced (n=54) |
Introduced (n=24) |
Not introduced (n=47) |
Introduced (n=12) |
Not introduced (n=46) |
|
| Age at first rehabilitation (years) | 67.43 (±9.81) |
63.57 (±7.80) |
68.79 (±9.64) |
65.81 (±9.25) |
68.42 (±9.79) |
63.59 (±9.57) |
69.23 (±9.24) |
64.91 (±8.82) |
69.67 (±8.82) |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 53 | 8 | 40 | 17 | 27 | 12 | 25 | 10 | 25 |
| Female | 39 | 6 | 30 | 10 | 27 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 21 |
| Type | |||||||||
| Upper limb onset | 39 | 2 | 34 | 8 | 28 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 21 |
| Lower limb onset | 24 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 12 |
| Bulbar onset | 27 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 11 |
| Uncleara | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Artificial ventilator | |||||||||
| None | 41 | 9 | 30 | 9 | 23 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 22 |
| NPPV | 46 | 4 | 38 | 17 | 29 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 23 |
| TPPV | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
a Patients were diagnosed at other hospitals and data were not listed in the available charts. NPPV: noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, TPPV: tracheotomy positive pressure ventilation.