Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics

Variable

Stroke patients n(%) = 100

AHAs* n(%) = 100

Tests of significance

Stroke patients n = 103

AHAs* n = 50

Tests of significance

Age, yrs

   Mean (SD)

59.4(9.9)

57.6 (12.4)

t = 1.138, 95% CI -1.319 to 4.919, p = 0.256

66.9 (11.6)

65.7(5.9)

t = 0.676, 95% CI -2.258 to 4.606,

   30- 49

15

27

12

1

p = 0.500

   50- 69

71

48

42

39

   70- 99

14

25

49

10

Gender

   Male

41

41

identical

61

11

   Female

59

59

42

39

Occupation

   Skilled/Semi-skilled Workers

44

72

33

7

   Unskilled Workers

51

27

2

0

   Pensioner

0

0

68

43

   Others

5

1

χ²= 18.06, p = 0.021

0

0

Education

   None

35

21

3

0

   Primary (1-6 yr)

15

10

39

10

   Secondary (7- 12 yr)

30

19

χ ² = 19.4, p = 0.001

31

23

   Tertiary (> 12 yr)

20

50

30

17

Stroke type

(clinical*, CT)

(CT/MRI)

   Ischemic

30 63

80

   Hemorrhagic

23 37

11

   Indeterminate/Mixed

47

9 (mixed)

Recurrent stroke

16

22

Time since first stroke

   Median, Range (months)

28.5, 1 to 348

1.5, 1 to 324

Modified Rankin Scale

   No symptom/sign. disability

16

4

   Slight disability

27

37

   Moderate disability

24

24

   Moderately severe disability

31

8

   Severe disability

2

27

Stroke levity score

   0-5 (severe impairment)

6

6

   6-10 (mod. impairment)

14

26

   11-15 (mild impairment)

80

68

NIHSS

   0-5

64

   6-10

19

   11-16

17