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Table 1 Socioeconomic characteristics of stroke-survivors (N = 94): mean (standard deviation (SD)) or %

From: Associations between quality of life and socioeconomic factors, functional impairments and dissatisfaction with received information and home-care services among survivors living at home two years after stroke onset

 

Mean (SD) or %

Age (mean (SD)) (year)

65.5 (14.4)

Men

55

Luxembourgish nationality

74

Living in couple

75

Low-level educational (< 12th grade)

53

Current occupational status

 

  Working

16

  At home without activity

27

  Retired

57

Occupation at the time of the stroke a

 

  Never employed

16

  Manual worker

32

  Employee, intermediate professional and technician

31

  Manager and professional

21

Lower income

46

Town of residence

 

  Luxembourg city

10

  Most populous towns (more than 7,500 inhabitants, 10 towns)

28

  Other areas

63

Current neurologic impairments AHA.SOC[28]

 

  Functional impairmentsb

 

  Motor

35

  Vision

20

  Sensory

45

  Language

31

  Memory

32

  Incontinence

12

  Personality disorders

17

Quality of life (score measured with the Newsqol[27]) (0-100) c

 

  Mobility

82.5 (23.2)

  Self-care

86.6 (22.6)

  Pain

78.9 (27.4)

  Cognition

76.3 (23.8)

  Vision

85.0 (23.9)

  Communication

81.3 (21.9)

  Mental feelings

77.2 (24.8)

  Interpersonal relationships

89.0 (15.4)

  Emotion

72.5 (25.2)

  Sleep

75.1 (23.9)

  Fatigue

79.5 (24.6)

  1. aFor unemployed, retired people and those in vocational training at the time of stroke, the last occupational activity was considered.
  2. bThe sum of the percentages was 192%, i.e. the mean number was 2 per subject.
  3. cThe score of each item was a continuous variable with value between for the newsqol domain (0 = worse quality of life; 100 best quality of life).