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Table 4 Factors associated with Post-stroke Limitations in Basic and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in TASH, Apr-Oct, 2022

From: Post-stroke limitations in daily activities: experience from a tertiary care hospital in Ethiopia

 

% with Limitations in BADL (BI < 95);

% with Severe

Limitations in BADL (BI ≤ 60);

% with Limitations in IADL (FAI ≤ 30);

%with Severe

Limitations in IADL (FAI ≤ 15);

Characteristics

n(%); AOR (95% CI)

n(%); AOR (95% CI)

n(%); AOR (95% CI)

n(%); AOR (95% CI)

Age, Mean (SD)

57 (± 15);

65(± 14);

54(± 15);

57(± 16);

 

0.985 (0.88,1.1)

1.1 (1.04–1.15)*

0.94(0.85,1.03)

0.99(0.9,1.1)

Duration Since

17 (31.5);

20 (20.8);

81 (84.4);

54(56.3);

Stroke ≤ One Year

5.18 (0.38,70.5)

0.000(0.000)

5.7 (0.007,4834)

0.84 (0.01,79.7)

(N = 96)

    

History of Regular

16 (64);

4(16);

22(88);

16(64);

substance use

11.1 (1.1,115)*

0.000(0.000)

31(1.3,745)*

3.5 (0.3,38.1)

present (N = 25)^

    

Age at Onset > 50

35 (46.1);

20(26.3);

67 (88.2);

45(59.2);

years (N = 76)

5.667 (0.77,45.2)

0.000(0.000)

0.249 (0.045,1.4)

0.29(0.068,1.25)

Comorbid Cardiac

11 (25.6);

7 (16.3);

38 (88.4);

24(55.8);

Disease (N = 43)

6.99 (1.3,37.5)*

2.1 (0.54,8.02

1.9 (0.17,20.1)

1.9(0.36,10.1)

Aphasia (N = 22)

13 (59.1);

8(36.4);

22 (100);

19(86.4);

3.15 (0.33,29.9)

0.000(0.000)

0.000(0.000)

0.52(0.05,5.24)

Depression

43 (66.2);

22(33.8);

63 (96);

58(89.2);

(N = 65)

0.58 (0.06,5.3)

0.000(0.000)

0.167 (0.01,2.85)

5.1(1.1,23.2)*

Cognitive

19 (76);

15 (60);

25 (100);

23(92);

Impairment

0.21 (0.15,3.1)

0.000(0.000)

0.000(0.000)

5.8(0.4,83.3

(MMSE ≤ 23) (N = 25)

    

Initial Stroke

32 (42.1);

16 (21.1);

63 (82.9);

47(61.8);

Severity (NIHSS

0.68 (0.04,10.86)

0.000(0.000)

7.33 (1.2,44.7)*

0.26(0.05,1.43)

≥ 5) (N = 76)

    
  1. BADL = Basic Activities of Daily Living; BI = Barthel Index; FAI = Frenchay Activity Index; IADL = Instrumental Activities of Daily Living; MMSE = Minimental State Examination; mRS = Modified Rankin’s Scale; NIHSS = National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire-9. * represent statistically significant variables with p-values ≤ 0.05. ^Substances of abuse identified in our study include alcohol, nicotine, and khat (Catha edulis). N (capital) represents the number of participants with the mentioned characteristics, while “n”(small) represents the proportion of patients with limitations in ADL.