Table 2 Demographic characteristics of 475 stroke patients and 104 controls in the second item-selection phase and the Stroke-PROM validation phase
From: Development and validation of a patient-reported outcome measure for stroke patients
Characteristics | Stroke patients | Controls | χ 2 | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex (n (%)) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Male | 283 (59.6) | 49 (47.1) | 5.418 | 0.020 |
Female | 192 (40.4) | 55 (52.9) | Â | Â |
Age (n (%)) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
≤45 | 55 (11.6) | 24 (23.1) | 13.626 | 0.001 |
45–65 | 230 (48.4) | 54 (51.9) |  |  |
≥65 | 190 (40.0) | 26 (25.0) |  |  |
Marital status (n (%)) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Married | 398 (83.8) | 86 (82.7) | 0.075 | 0.784 |
Unmarried, divorced or widowed | 77 (16.2) | 18 (17.3) | Â | Â |
Highest education level completed (n (%)) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Primary school or lower | 183 (38.5) | 43 (41.3) | 2.870 | 0.412 |
Junior high school | 144 (30.3) | 37 (35.6) | Â | Â |
Senior high school | 88 (18.5) | 15 (14.4) | Â | Â |
College or higher | 60 (12.6) | 9 (8.7) | Â | Â |