Table 1 Participant characteristics and baseline scores on questionnaires
From: Regaining Confidence after Stroke (RCAS): a feasibility randomised controlled trial (RCT)
Gender | Intervention (n = 22) | Control (n = 25) | ||
n | % | n | % | |
Men | 11 | 50 | 15 | 60 |
Women | 11 | 50 | 10 | 40 |
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
Age in years | 69.6 | 14.1 | 64.2 | 15.7 |
Months since stroke | 15.8 | 11.4 | 15.8 | 7.9 |
Barthel score | 18.5 | 1.8 | 18.6 | 1.9 |
Sheffield Screening Test for Acquired Language Disorders | 18.4 | 1.8 | 17.9 | 2.0 |
Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living | 13.8 | 4.9 | 14.4 | 5.0 |
COPE 1 Active coping | 12.0 | 1.8 | 11.1 | 3.1 |
COPE 2 Planning | 10.7 | 2.6 | 10.1 | 3.4 |
COPE 3 Seeking instrumental social support | 10.1 | 3.5 | 9.8 | 3.4 |
COPE 4 Seeking emotional social support | 10.6 | 3.3 | 9.5 | 3.9 |
COPE 5 Suppression of competing activities | 10.3 | 2.1 | 9.2 | 3.0 |
COPE 6 Turning to religion | 8.7 | 3.8 | 7.6 | 4.5 |
COPE 7 Positive reinterpretation and growth | 11.3 | 2.3 | 11.3 | 2.7 |
COPE 8 Restraint coping | 10.3 | 2.7 | 10.4 | 2.9 |
COPE 9 Acceptance | 12.5 | 1.7 | 12.1 | 3.2 |
COPE 10 Focus on and venting of emotions | 10.1 | 2.9 | 9.2 | 3.2 |
COPE 11 Denial | 8.6 | 3.3 | 7.4 | 2.6 |
COPE 12 Mental disengagement | 8.8 | 2.8 | 9.0 | 2.3 |
COPE 13 Behavioural disengagement | 8.4 | 2.5 | 7.2 | 3.1 |
COPE 14 Use of alcohol | 4.1 | 0.4 | 4.5 | 1.4 |
COPE 15 Humour | 9.5 | 4.1 | 9.1 | 3.6 |
General Health Questionnaire -30 | 26.8 | 10.9 | 29.1 | 13.3 |
Confidence after Stroke Measure | 150.1 | 17.5 | 147.2 | 15.5 |
Carers | Intervention (n = 7) | Control (n = 4) | ||
General Health Questionaire-30 | 21.0 | 3.3 | 35.0 | 3.6 |
Carers Strain Index | 3.9 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 1.5 |