Table 2.
Demographic and stroke-related characteristics presented as median (Q1–Q3) or number (%).
| Low Match (n = 29) |
Mismatch (n = 15) |
Good Match (n = 16) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Age at stroke onset (years) | 63 (52–67) | 56 (45–71) | 63 (54–68) |
| Gender (male) | 19 (66) | 7 (47) | 11 (67) |
| Dominant hand affected | 13 (45) | 4 (27) | 10 (63) |
| Hand dominance (right) | 25 (86) | 13 (87) | 15 (94) |
| Accommodation | |||
| Living alone | 15 (52) | 5 (33) | 9 (56) |
| Living not alone | 14 (48) | 10 (66) | 7 (44) |
| Level of education | |||
| Lower secondary education | 4 (14) | 1 (7) | 2 (13) |
| Higher secondary education | 14 (48) | 5 (33) | 6 (38) |
| Higher tertiary education | 8 (28) | 8 (53) | 4 (25) |
| University degree | 2 (7) | 1 (7) | 3 (19) |
| PhD degree | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 1 (6) |
| Employment status, working | 4 (14) | 4 (27) | 6 (38) |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 18 (62) | 11 (73) | 8 (50) |
| Divorced | 3 (10) | 1 (7) | 3 (19) |
| Living together | 2 (7) | 0 (0) | 2 (13) |
| Unmarried | 1 (3) | 2 (13) | 2 (13) |
| Single | 4 (14) | 1 (7) | 1 (6) |
| Widow(er) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Days since stroke onset | 991 (673–1920) | 846 (429–1489) | 975 (545–1345) |
| Lateralization (left hemisphere) | 14 (48) | 5 (33) | 9 (56) |
| Stroke etiology (ischemia) | 16 (55) | 11 (73) | 10 (63) |
| NIHSS sensation | |||
| No sensory loss | 11 (38) | 8 (53) | 13 (81) |
| Mild to moderate sensory loss | 17 (59) | 5 (33) | 3 (19) |
| Severe to total sensory loss | 1 (3) | 2 (13) | 0 (0) |
| Disability (mRS) | |||
| 0: No symptoms at all | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (13) |
| 1: No significant disability despite symptoms | 0 (0) | 5 (33) | 8 (50) |
| 2: Slight disability | 12 (41) | 7 (47) | 6 (38) |
| 3: Moderate disability | 13 (45) | 3 (20) | 0 (0) |
| 4: moderately severe disability | 4 (14) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Dependence in ADL (Barthel Index/100) | 85 (70–95) | 100 (95–100) | 100 (100–100) |
| Cognitive function (MoCA/30) | 23 (19–27) | 26 (24–27) | 27 (24–28) |
| Depression and anxiety (HADS/42) | 11 (6–15) | 12 (8–20) | 8 (4–12) |
| Anxiety (HADS anxiety/21) | 5 (3–7) | 6 (5–9) | 4 (2–7) |
| Depression (HADS depression/21) | 6 (2–9) | 6 (3–10) | 4 (1–6) |
| Neglect (SCT <44/54) | 3 (10) | 1 (7) | 0 (0) |
ADL: activities of daily living; FMA-UE: Fugl-Meyer Assessment upper extremity; good match: FMA-UE >50, SIS-Hand >75; HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; low match: FMA-UE ≤50, SIS-Hand ≤75; mismatch: FMA-UE >50, SIS-Hand ≤75; mRS: modified Rankin Scale; MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; Q1: 1st quartile; Q3: 3rd quartile; SCT: Star Cancellation Test; SIS-Hand: hand domain of the Stroke Impact Scale.