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

Table 1 Demographic and baseline clinical characteristics of the participants

Characteristic	n ^a = 74	n ^b = 25	P
Age, mean (SD) y	57.1 (11.7)	52.9 (11.2)	0.89^c
Gender, Male/Female, No.	52/22	17/8	1.00^d
Months after stroke, mean (SD)	18.1 (16.4)	15.5 (12.8)	0.82^c
Side of stroke, Right/Left, No.	38/36	16/9	0.25^d
Stroke subtype, Hemorrhagic/Ischemic, No.	28/46	12/13	0.49^d
Brunnstrom stage of proximal UE, median (range)	4.5 (3-6)	4 (3-6)	0.61^d
Fugl-Meyer Assessment UE scores, mean (SD)	44.0 (13.1)	40.8 (14.1)	0.23^c
Mini Mental-State Exam scores, mean (SD)	27.5 (2.3)	26.6 (2.8)	0.23^c
Intervention, No.
Bilateral Arm Training	22
Constraint-Induced Therapy	16
Conventional Rehabilitation.	36

Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; UE, upper extremity.
^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.

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