Variables | All N=167 | Tested and retested with PASS n=105 | Not retested with PASS n=62 | p Value | Statistic | ||||||
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Age; mean (SD), min, max | 70.4 | (13.2) | 29, 98 | 69.1 | (12.7) | 29, 94 | 76.0 | (12.2) | 42, 98 | <0.001 | t test |
Gender; n (%) | 0.333 | χ2 test | |||||||||
Male | 95 | (57) | 63 | (60) | 32 | (52) | |||||
Female | 72 | (43) | 42 | (40) | 30 | (48) | |||||
Living with partner; n (%) | 103 | (62) | 77 | (73) | 26 | (42) | <0.001 | χ2 test | |||
Stroke diagnosis; n (%) | 0.090 | χ2 test | |||||||||
Ischaemic | 152 | (91) | 99 | (94) | 53 | (86) | |||||
Haemorrhagic | 15 | (9) | 6 | (6) | 9 | (15) | |||||
Localisation of lesion; n (%) | 0.457 | χ2 test | |||||||||
Right hemisphere | 60 | (36) | 36 | (34) | 24 | (38) | |||||
Left hemisphere | 71 | (43) | 46 | (44) | 25 | (40) | |||||
Bilateral | 7 | (4) | 5 | (5) | 2 | (3) | |||||
Brainstem | 19 | (11) | 14 | (13) | 5 | (8) | |||||
Cerebellum | 10 | (6) | 4 | (4) | 6 | (10) | |||||
Most affected body half; n (%) | 0.942 | χ2 test | |||||||||
Right | 94 | (56) | 60 | (57) | 34 | (55) | |||||
Left | 70 | (42) | 43 | (41) | 27 | (43) | |||||
Bilateral | 3 | (7) | 2 | (2) | 1 | (2) | |||||
Thrombolysis; n (%) | 20 | (12) | 13 | (12) | 7 | (11) | 1.000 | χ2 test | |||
Diabetes; n (%)* | 27 | (16) | 19 | (18) | 8 | (13) | 0.514 | χ2 test | |||
Previous stroke; n (%)† | 38 | (23) | 18 | (17) | 20 | (32) | 0.036 | χ2 test | |||
Previous nursing care; n (%) | 12 | (7) | 4 | (4) | 8 | (8) | 0.034 | χ2 test | |||
Days stroke unit; mean (SD), min, max | 8.6 | (5) | 2, 43 | 8.7 | (4) | 3, 22 | 8.4 | (6) | 2, 43 | 0.732 | t test |
Significant values (p<0.05) marked in italic; the p values refer to the comparison between the two groups.
*Missing information on one patient.
†Missing information on two patients.