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Table 1 Demographic and baseline clinical characteristics of the participants

From: Assessing the Stroke-Specific Quality of Life for Outcome Measurement in Stroke Rehabilitation: Minimal Detectable Change and Clinically Important Difference

Characteristic

n a = 74

n b = 25

P

Age, mean (SD) y

57.1 (11.7)

52.9 (11.2)

0.89c

Gender, Male/Female, No.

52/22

17/8

1.00d

Months after stroke, mean (SD)

18.1 (16.4)

15.5 (12.8)

0.82c

Side of stroke, Right/Left, No.

38/36

16/9

0.25d

Stroke subtype, Hemorrhagic/Ischemic, No.

28/46

12/13

0.49d

Brunnstrom stage of proximal UE, median (range)

4.5 (3-6)

4 (3-6)

0.61d

Fugl-Meyer Assessment UE scores, mean (SD)

44.0 (13.1)

40.8 (14.1)

0.23c

Mini Mental-State Exam scores, mean (SD)

27.5 (2.3)

26.6 (2.8)

0.23c

Intervention, No.

   

   Bilateral Arm Training

22

  

   Constraint-Induced Therapy

16

  

   Conventional Rehabilitation.

36

  
  1. Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; UE, upper extremity.
  2. a The participants used for estimating clinically important differences; b The participants used for estimating the test-retest reliability; c The two-sample t-test, 2-tailed; d Chi-square.