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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the stroke cohort

From: The negative impact of spasticity on the health-related quality of life of stroke survivors: a longitudinal cohort study

 

All poststroke patients

Patients with spasticity dataa

Patients with spasticitya

Patients without spasticitya

P value*

N

460

328

54

274

 

Age, mean ± SD, y

67.0 ± 14.0

65.8 ± 13.9

59.7 ± 14.1

67.1 ± 13.5

<.01

Female, n (%)

219 (47.6)

159 (48.5)

25 (46.0)

134 (49.0)

.73

Black, n (%)

113 (24.6)

84 (25.6)

21 (38.9)

63 (23.0)

.01

Residence at admission, n (%)

 Home

437 (95.0)

312 (95.1)

51 (94.4)

261 (95.3)

.73

 Not home

23 (5.0)

16 (4.9)

3 (5.6)

13 (4.7)

 

Marital status, n (%)

 Married/Partner

236 (51.3)

167 (50.9)

25 (46.3)

142 (51.8)

.46

 Single

224 (48.7)

161 (49.1)

29 (53.7)

132 (48.2)

 

Employment status, n (%)

    

< .01

 Employed

131 (28.5)

97 (29.6)

18 (33.3)

79 (28.8)

 

 Unemployed/Retired/Other

290 (63.0)

199 (60.7)

24 (44.4)

175 (63.9)

 

 On disability

39 (8.5)

32 (9.8)

12 (22.2)

20 (7.3)

 

Education

    

.93

 <HS

153 (33.5)

102 (31.2)

18 (33.3)

84 (30.8)

 

 HS/GED test

127 (27.9)

93 (28.4)

15 (27.8)

78 (28.6)

 

 Some college

176 (38.6)

132 (40.4)

21 (38.9)

111 (40.7)

 
  1. Abbreviations: GED general education development, HS high school, SD standard deviation
  2. aAt 3 months
  3. *Comparison between patients with and without spasticity