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Table 2 Studies included in the meta-analysis (N = 17)

From: Socioeconomic status and health-related quality of life after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author

(Year)

Na

Income

Education

Occupation

Work status

Adjusting factorsd

Rawb

Pre-calculatorc

  

high

low

high

low

high

low

high

low

   

Barbosa

(2022) [20]

349

 > 1,000

 < 1,000

high school

elementary

    

age, gender, monthly income, residence, occupation, NIHSS, mRS, BI, MMSE, length of stay, door-to-neurological examination time, access, frequency and satisfaction with rehabilitation care

 

X

Baune

(2006) [21]

112

high

low

 >  = secondary school

 < secondary school

    

none

X

 

Butsing

(2019) [22]

358

sufficient with saving

Insufficient/

sufficient

      

none

X

 

Choi-Kwon

(2006) [23]

151

high

poor/

moderate

 >  = 11 years

 < 11 years

    

none

X

 

Dianati

(2021) [29]

188

good

poor/

moderate

diploma/

university

illiterate/ primary

    

none

X

 

Kariyawasam

(2020) [9]

257

 > 10,000

 < 10,000

advanced

up to ordinary

    

none

X

 

Kim

(2021) [35]

170

 >  = 200

 < 200

high school/

college

middle/ elementary school

    

none

X

 

Jun

(2015) [34]

2847

301–400

 <  = 100

 >  = high school

 <  = elementary

    

Age, sex, education, income, occupation, residential area, living with family

 

X

Mei

(2022) [38]

1709

 > 143

 < 72

other

illiterate/ primary

    

none

X

 

Meyer

(2010) [39]

94

 > 1,000

 < 1,000

 >  = 12 years

 < 12 years

    

none

X

 

Paul

(2005) [6]

978

    

nonmanual

manual

  

age, hemiplegia, initial NIHSS score

 

X

Pedersen

(2021) [42]

369

      

working/

student

Sick/

retired

age, gender, marital status, independent, stroke severity, stroke type, length of stay, anxiety, depression

 

X

Salehi

(2019) [45]

172

with income

no income

      

none

X

 

Sok

(2021) [47]

146

 >  = 200

 < 200

high school/

college

middle/ elementary school

    

none

X

 

Szocs

(2020) [49]

109

SES index: deprived/no deprived area

none

X

 

Tsalta-Mladenow

(2021) [51]

143

  

tertiary

primary/ secondary

    

none

X

 

Zemed

(2021) [8]

180

 > 4,000

 < 4,000

 >  = grade 9

 <  = grade 8

    

none

X

 
  1. NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, mRS Modified rankin scale, BI Barthel Index, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination
  2. aN is the number that in groups included in the meta-analysis
  3. bData are the number, mean and standard deviation used calculate effect size
  4. cRegression coefficient or p-value or F statistics were used to calculate the effect size
  5. dFactors adjusted for in analysis that are incorporated in the meta-analysis