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Table 1 Sociodemographic and stroke characteristics of the participants and non-responders

From: Can the health related quality of life measure QOLIBRI- overall scale (OS) be of use after stroke? A validation study

 

Participants

N = 125

Non-responders

N = 36

P-values

Age at time of stroke, Mean (SD)

70.5 (13.1)

75 (13.6)

< 0.05

Gender, n (%)

 Female

48 (38)

16 (44)

 

 Male

77 (62)

20 (56)

0.34

Stroke subtype, n (%)

 Ischaemic

113 (90)

31 (86)

 

 Haemorrhagic

12 (10)

5 (14)

0.33

Marital status at time of stroke, n (%)

 Married/cohabitant

80 (64)

16 (45)

 

 Widowed/single

45 (36)

20 (55)

< 0.05

Education, time of stroke, n (%)

 ≤ 10 years (y)

60 (48)

 

 > 10

62 (50)

 Unknown

3 (2)

 

Living conditions at 3 months, n (%)

 Home, without assistance

92 (73)

12 (33)

 

 Home, with assistance

23 (19)

14 (39)

< 0.01a

 Institution/residence for the elderly

10 (8)

10 (28)

 

Work status at 3 months, n (%)

 Student/Unemployed/Working fulltime or part-time

23 (18)

3 (8)

0.77

 Retired/ Sick-leave

102 (82)

33 (92)

 

MRS at 3 months, n (%)

 0–1 no symptoms or significant disability

84 (67)

15 (42)

 

 2–3 slight or moderate disability

33 (26)

16 (44)

 

 4–5 severe disability

8 (7)

7 (14)

< 0.05b

  1. aSignificantly more responders than non-responders lived at home without assistance vs. at home with assistance/in institution at 3 months after stroke
  2. bWilcoxon signed rank test