Table 2.

Caregivers: health-related quality of life (EQ-5D-3L health state values), with comparison to Norwegian population norms

Survivor disease type	3 months (n = 320)			12 months (n = 326)			${\mathrm{\Delta }}_{{\text{U}}_{\text{12m}}}-{\mathrm{\Delta }}_{U_{\text{3m}}}$b
	n	Health state value, mean (SD)	${\mathrm{\Delta }}_{U_{3\text{m}}}$, meana	n	Health state value, mean (SD)	${\mathrm{\Delta }}_{U_{\text{12m}}}$, meana
Transient ischaemic attack	89	0.84 (0.22)	+ 0.04	97	0.82 (0.25)	+ 0.02	− 0.02
Mild stroke (NIHSS ≤ 3)	138	0.85 (0.19)	+ 0.05**	130	0.87 (0.17)	+ 0.07***	+ 0.02
Moderate stroke (NIHSS 4–10)	66	0.79 (0.29)	− 0.02	66	0.80 (0.27)	+ 0.00	+ 0.03
Severe stroke (NIHSS > 10)	27	0.76 (0.32)	− 0.05	33	0.79 (0.32)	− 0.02	+ 0.04
All stroke	231	0.82 (0.24)	+ 0.02	229	0.84 (0.23)	+ 0.04*	+ 0.02
Ischaemic stroke	196	0.83 (0.23)	+ 0.03*	199	0.83 (0.23)	+ 0.03	− 0.01
Intracerebral haemorrhage	35	0.76 (0.31)	− 0.09	30	0.89 (0.20)	+ 0.08*	+ 0.17**
All	320	0.83 (0.23)	+ 0.02	326	0.83 (0.24)	+ 0.03*	+ 0.01

SD standard deviation, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p ≤ 0.001

^aMean difference from Norwegian age-sex matched pooled population norms

^bt test for partially overlapping samples