Variable | Total group (n = 83) | DS group (n = 60) | ||||||
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Experimental (n = 40) | Control (n = 43) | p-value | Experimental (n = 30) | Control (n = 30) | p-value | |||
Women, n (%) | 20 (50.0) | 20 (46.5) | 0.75c | 17 (56.7) | 13 (43.3) | 0.30c | ||
Age [years], mean (SD) | 65.6 (6.6) | 65.8 (4.5) | 0.82a | 65.2 (7.3) | 65.6 (5.0) | 0.82a | ||
BMI [kg/m2], mean (SD) | 27.3 (4.9) | 27.8 (4.9) | 0.48b | 27.4 (4.6) | 28.0 (4.9) | 0.61b | ||
Education, n (%) | ||||||||
Primary/vocational | 23 (57.5) | 28 (65.1) | 0.33c | 17 (56.7) | 20 (66.7) | 0.36c | ||
Secondary | 13 (32.5) | 14 (32.6) | 9 (30.0) | 9 (30.0) | ||||
Higher | 4 (10.0) | 1 (2.3) | 4 (13.3) | 1 (3.3) | ||||
Employment, n (%) | ||||||||
Disability pensioner | 9 (22.5) | 4 (9.3) | 0.25c | 6 (20.0) | 2 (6.7) | 0.30c | ||
Retired | 24 (60.0) | 30 (69.8) | 19 (63.3) | 21 (70.0) | ||||
Employed | 7 (17.5) | 9 (20.9) | 5 (16.7) | 7 (23.3) | ||||
Marital status, n (%) | ||||||||
Single | 2 (5.0) | 3 (7.0) | 0.13c | 1 (3.3) | 2 (6.7) | 0.26c | ||
Married | 19 (47.5) | 27 (62.8) | 15 (50.0) | 20 (66.7) | ||||
Widow | 19 (47.5) | 11 (25.6) | 14 (46.7) | 8 (26.7) | ||||
Divorced | 0 (0.0) | 2 (4.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
Time since stroke [weeks], mean (SD) | 3.8 (1.6) | 4.3 (1.8) | 0.20b | 3.9 (1.6) | 4.0 (1.5) | 0.94b | ||
Side of the body with paresis, n (%) | ||||||||
Right | 17 (42.5) | 15 (34.9) | 0.59c | 12 (40.0) | 12 (40.0) | 0.79c | ||
Left | 23 (57.5) | 26 (60.5) | 18 (60.0) | 16 (53.3) | ||||
No data | 0 (0.0) | 2 (4.7) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (6.7) | ||||
Admitted to the ward from…, n (%) | ||||||||
Home | 36 (90.0) | 37 (86.0) | 0.99c | 28 (93.3) | 27 (90.0) | 0.88c | ||
Hospital | 2 (5.0) | 2 (4.7) | 2 (6.7) | 1 (3.3) | ||||
Other | 2 (5.0) | 2 (4.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.3) | ||||
No data | 0 (0.0) | 2 (4.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.3) | ||||
Family care, n (%) | ||||||||
Lack of care capacity | 1 (2.5) | 2 (4.7) | 0.43c | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.3) | 0.52c | ||
Partial lack of care capacity | 16 (40.0) | 12 (27.9) | 11 (36.7) | 7 (23.3) | ||||
Full caring capacity | 22 (55.0) | 29 (67.4) | 18 (60.0) | 22 (73.3) | ||||
No data | 1 (2.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
MMSE, mean (SD) | 26.2 (2.5) | 27.3 (1.7) | 0.07b | 26.4 (2.3) | 27.2 (1.5) | 0.22b | ||
GDS T0, mean (SD) | 12.1 (4.61) | 11.0 (4.6) | 0.31a | 13.8 (4.0) | 13.4 (3.1) | 0.69a |