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Table 3 Baseline demographic characteristics and measures of stroke survivors by treatment arm

From: An intervention to support stroke survivors and their carers in the longer term: results of a cluster randomised controlled feasibility trial (LoTS2Care)

 

New Start (n = 145)

Usual care (n = 124)

Total (n = 269)

Age, years (sd)

72 (11.0)

73 (12.0)

73 (11.0)

Gender, n female (%)

64 (44.1)

54 (43.5%)

118 (43.9)

 Missing

0 (0.0)

1 (0.8)

1 (0.4)

Ethnicity, n (%)

 White

115 (79.3)

78 (62.9)

193 (71.7)

 Other

2 (1.4)

6 (4.8)

8 (3.0)

 Not stated/missing

28 (19.3)

40 (32.3)

68 (25.3)

Living arrangement, n (%)

 Living alone

40 (27.6)

34 (27.4)

74 (27.5)

 Living with another person

100 (69.0)

74 (59.7)

174 (64.7)

 Missing

5 (3.4)

16 (12.9)

21 (7.8)

Education level, n (%)

 None

2 (1.4)

2 (1.6)

4 (1.5)

 Primary school

5 (3.4)

7 (5.6)

12 (4.5)

 Secondary school

74 (51.0)

55 (44.4)

129 (48.0)

 Further/higher education

61 (42.1)

56 (45.2)

117 (43.5)

 Missing

3 (2.1)

4 (3.2)

7 (2.6)

Time since stroke, months (sd)

5.4 (0.71)

5.3 (0.83)

5.4 (0.77)

 Missing, n (%)

1 (0.7)

1 (0.8)

2 (0.7)

Level of language ability after stroke, n (%)

 Normal

47 (32.4)

40 (32.3)

87 (32.3)

 Dysphasia/dysarthria

8 (5.5)

1 (0.8)

9 (3.3)

 Not known/missing

90 (62.1)

83 (66.9)

173 (64.3)

Length of hospital admission, days (sd)

11 (18)

15 (24)

13 (21)

 Missing, n (%)

4 (2.8)

9 (7.3)

13 (4.8)

WHODASa

Simple score, points (sd)

23.7 (18.1)

26.2 (20.8)

24.9 (19.4)

 Missing, n (%)

28 (19.3)

20 (16.1)

48 (17.8)

Complex score, points (sd)

25.6 (19.3)

26.9 (24.3)

26.2 (21.7)

 Missing, n (%)

68 (46.9)

56 (45.2)

124 (46.1)

WEMWBS scoreb, points (sd)

47.5 (11.6)

46.6 (12.6)

47.1 (12.1)

 Missing, n (%)

0 (0.0)

6 (4.8)

6 (2.2)

PAM scorec, points (sd)

58.6 (17.7)

56.7 (16.9)

57.7 (17.4)

 Missing, n (%)

2 (1.4)

3 (2.4)

5 (1.9)

PAM level (categorized PAM score), n (%)

 (< = 47.0) not believing activation important

36 (24.8)

38 (30.6)

74 (27.5)

 (47.1–55.1) a lack of knowledge and confidence to take action

45 (31.0)

32 (25.8)

77 (28.6)

  (55.2–67.0) beginning to take action

29 (20.0)

30 (24.2)

59 (21.9)

  (> = 67.1) taking action

33 (22.8)

21 (16.9)

54 (20.1)

 Missing

2 (1.4)

3 (2.4)

5 (1.9)

LUNS (number of long-term unmet needs), n (%)

 0

16 (11.0)

19 (15.3)

35 (13.0)

 1–4

69 (47.6)

62 (50.0)

131 (48.7)

 ≥ 5

60 (41.4)

41 (33.1)

101 (37.5)

 Missing

0 (0.0)

2 (1.6)

2 (0.7)

  1. Values reported are mean (sd) unless otherwise stated
  2. aHigher score indicates higher level of disability
  3. bhigher score indicates better state of wellbeing
  4. chigher score indicates higher level of activation