Self rated health status and self rated health transition among stroke patients up to three years after the event, n (%)
| Three months | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full sample | Subsamples for matched pairs tests | One year | Two years | Three years | |||
| (n = 561) | (n = 356) | (n = 97) | (n = 86) | (n = 356) | (n = 97) | (n = 86) | |
| *Wilcoxon matched pairs signed ranks test. The three months data of those who also participated in the one, two, and three year interview are given separately. | |||||||
| Self rated health status | |||||||
| Excellent | 27 (4.8) | 14 (3.9) | 3 (3.1) | 3 (3.5) | 21 (5.9) | 6 (6.2) | 5 (5.8) |
| Very good | 104 (18.5) | 67 (18.8) | 21 (21.6) | 19 (22.1) | 53 (14.9) | 10 (10.3) | 15 (17.4) |
| Good | 198 (35.3) | 128 (36.0) | 34 (35.1) | 31 (36.0) | 140 (39.3) | 36 (37.1) | 31 (36.0) |
| Fair | 149 (26.6) | 99 (27.8) | 26 (26.8) | 23 (26.7) | 89 (25.0) | 28 (28.9) | 26 (30.2) |
| Poor | 83 (14.8) | 48 (13.5) | 13 (13.4) | 10 (11.6) | 53 (14.9) | 17 (17.5) | 9 (10.5) |
| p* (versus three months) | 0.90 | 0.11 | 1.00 | ||||
| Self rated health transition | |||||||
| Much better | 16 (2.9) | 14 (3.9) | 7 (7.2) | 8 (9.3) | 43 (12.1) | 4 (4.1) | 4 (4.7) |
| Somewhat better | 47 (8.4) | 28 (7.9) | 6 (6.2) | 5 (5.8) | 103 (28.9) | 28 (28.9) | 18 (20.9) |
| About the same | 183 (32.6) | 122 (34.3) | 27 (27.8) | 27 (31.4) | 114 (32.0) | 51 (52.6) | 44 (51.2) |
| Somewhat worse | 197 (35.1) | 129 (36.2) | 39 (40.2) | 29 (33.7) | 68 (19.1) | 9 (9.3) | 17 (19.8) |
| Much worse | 118 (21.0) | 63 (17.7) | 18 (18.6) | 17 (19.8) | 28 (7.9) | 5 (5.2) | 3 (3.5) |
| p* (versus three months) | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | ||||