Table 1.

Patients SPB at different time points 3 months after stroke (n = 328).

Variable	Acute phase of stroke	One month post-stroke	Three months post-stroke	F	P
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Physical burden	3.08 (0.76)	2.74 (0.68)	2.67 (0.69)	244.08	0.00
Emotional burden	3.09 (0.79)	2.68 (0.72)	2.33 (0.80)	496.05	0.00
Economic burden	3.03 (1.56)	2.51 (1.14)	2.47 (1.14)	104.58	0.00
Total burden	3.08 (0.70)	2.69 (0.62)	2.52 (0.66)	567.28	0.00