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Table 3 Poststroke adjusted mean HRQoL scores by spasticity reporting

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

HRQoL

Patients with spasticity,

Patients without spasticity,

Mean difference (95 % CI)a

mean ± SE

mean ± SE

(95 % CI)

(95 % CI)

SF-12

 Physical Component Summary

31.1 ± 0.9

37.0 ± 0.5

−5.8 (−7.8 to −4.0)

(29.4–32.9)

(36.0–38.0)

 Mental Component Summary

50.7 ± 1.3

50.11 ± 0.5

0.6 (−2.1 to 3.2)

(48.2–53.2)

(49.2–51.0)

EQ-5D

 Index score (US weighted)

0.63 ± 0.02

0.71 ± 0.01

−0.07 (−0.12 to −0.03)

(0.59–0.68)

(0.69–0.73)

SSQOL

 Overall score

3.6 ± 0.05

3.8 ± 0.03

−0.21 (–0.32 to–0.11)

(3.5–3.7)

(3.8–3.9)

  1. Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, EQ-5D EuroQol-5 dimension, HRQoL health-related quality of life, SF-12 Short Form-12, SE standard error, SSQOL Stroke-Specific Quality of Life, and US United States
  2. aAdjusted for age, race, and retrospective National Institute of Health Stroke Scale