Table 3.
Descriptive results of functional domains, their correlations with fatigue, and comparation between groups with and without fatigue.
| Function domains |
Univariate correlation with fatigue |
Comparisons between groups with and without fatigue |
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| Function domain | Assessments | Time after stroke onset | Total Score | Nr | r | p-value | FAS < 24 | Nr | FAS > 24 | Nr | p-value |
| Global cognition | MMSE | 7 months | 27 (25-29) | 17 | 0.46 | 0.14 | 24 (21-27) | 5 | 28 (26-29) | 7 | 0.08 |
| 10 years | 29 (27-30) | 38 | 0.51 | 0.03* | 26 (24-29) | 8 | 30 (27-30) | 11 | 0.03* | ||
| Visuospatial function | WAIS–block design | 1 week | 27(15-35) | 27 | 0.50 | 0.10 | 18 (10-28) | 5 | 36 (6-41) | 7 | 0.43 |
| 7 months | 39 (34–51) | 19 | 0.60 | 0.03* | 29 (20-35) | 5 | 49 (38–56) | 9 | 0.01* | ||
| 10 years | 36 (29-48) | 38 | 0.48 | 0.04* | 32 (20-34) | 8 | 48 (24-50) | 11 | 0.16 | ||
| Working memory | Digit span for– & backward | 1 week | 13 (11-14) | 29 | 0.27 | 0.37 | 11 (8-14) | 6 | 12 (7-14) | 7 | 0.92 |
| 7 months | 13 (12-18) | 26 | −0.04 | 0.89 | 13 (10-17) | 7 | 13 (10-18) | 10 | 0.87 | ||
| 10 years | 17 (14-19) | 38 | 0.51 | 0.03* | 16 (12-17) | 8 | 17 (14-19) | 11 | 0.21 | ||
| Processing speed | TMT-A | 1 week | 46 (35–56) | 27 | −0.41 | 0.21 | 45 (25-55) | 6 | 41 (26-47) | 9 | 0.67 |
| 7 months | 40 (26-65) | 11 | −0.27 | 0.55 | 65 (26-86) | 3 | 42 (40–43) | 2 | 0.80 | ||
| 10 years | 37 (30-50) | 37 | −0.22 | 0.37 | 32 (22-37) | 8 | 37 (30-52) | 10 | 0.11 | ||
| Executive function | TMT-B | 1 week | 101 (67–134) | 27 | −0.48 | 0.14 | 102 (66–144) | 6 | 80 (59–257) | 9 | 0.84 |
| 7 months | 72 (54–126) | 8 | 0.05 | 0.92 | 54 (49–59) | 2 | 135 | 1 | - | ||
| 10 years | 81 (62–116) | 37 | −0.30 | 0.22 | 60 (47–73) | 8 | 70 (57–141) | 10 | 0.15 | ||
| Depression | BDI-II | 10 years | 9 (4-14) | 37 | 0.39 | 0.10 | 7 (3-16) | 8 | 11 (4-15) | 11 | 0.25 |
| Anxiety | BAI | 10 years | 6 (2-11) | 35 | 0.48 | 0.04* | 5 (2-7) | 8 | 10 (6-19) | 10 | 0.08 |
Score presented as median (25–75% percentile).
p < 0.05 was considered as significance.