Table 1.

Participants’ sociodemographic & clinical characteristics (n = 170)

Group/subgroup	N	%
Gender
Male	103	60.6
Female	67	39.4
Education level
Primary	26	15.3
Secondary	73	42.9
Tertiary	71	41.8
Without degree	55	32.4
Bachelor/master degree	16	9.4
Stroke type
Ischemic	137	80.6
Hemorrhagic	33	19.4
Impaired body side
Left	87	51.2
Right	83	48.8
Severity category by NIHSS
Mild	54	31.8
Moderate	116	68.2

NIHSS: National institutes of health stroke scale