Univariate cross sectional association between patient characteristics and self rated health status three months after stroke, number (%)
| Number | Self rated health status three months after stroke | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 561 | Excellent | Very good | Good | Fair | Poor | p* | |
| *Ordered logistic regression. | |||||||
| Age | 0.03 | ||||||
| ⩽75 years | 340 | 14 (4.1) | 55 (16.2) | 120 (35.3) | 97 (28.5) | 54 (15.9) | |
| >75 years | 221 | 13 (5.9) | 49 (22.2) | 78 (35.3) | 52 (23.5) | 29 (13.1) | |
| Sex | 0.15 | ||||||
| Male | 297 | 13 (4.4) | 60 (20.2) | 109 (36.7) | 78 (26.3) | 37 (12.5) | |
| Female | 264 | 14 (5.3) | 44 (16.7) | 89 (33.7) | 71 (26.9) | 46 (17.4) | |
| Ethnic group | 0.01 | ||||||
| White/other | 459 | 25 (5.4) | 90 (19.6) | 162 (35.3) | 121 (26.4) | 61 (13.3) | |
| Black | 102 | 2 (2.0) | 14 (13.7) | 36 (35.3) | 28 (27.5) | 22 (21.6) | |
| Stroke subtype | 0.96 | ||||||
| Infarction | 473 | 22 (4.7) | 92 (19.5) | 163 (34.5) | 123 (26.0) | 73 (15.4) | |
| Haemorrhage | 88 | 5 (5.7) | 12 (13.6) | 35 (39.8) | 26 (29.5) | 10 (11.4) | |
| Glasgow Coma Score | 0.85 | ||||||
| 14 to 15 | 492 | 23 (4.7) | 88 (17.9) | 180 (36.6) | 128 (26.0) | 73 (14.8) | |
| ⩽13 | 69 | 4 (5.8) | 16 (23.2) | 18 (26.1) | 21 (30.4) | 10 (14.5) | |
| Barthel Index before stroke | <0.01 | ||||||
| Not disabled ( = 20) | 447 | 24 (5.4) | 85 (19.0) | 174 (38.9) | 114 (25.5) | 50 (11.2) | |
| Disabled (⩽19) | 114 | 3 (2.6) | 19 (16.7) | 24 (21.1) | 35 (30.7) | 33 (28.9) | |
| Barthel Index at three months | <0.01 | ||||||
| Not disabled ( = 20) | 238 | 14 (5.9) | 61 (25.6) | 94 (39.5) | 53 (22.3) | 16 (6.7) | |
| Disabled (⩽19) | 323 | 13 (4.0) | 43 (13.3) | 104 (32.2) | 96 (29.7) | 67 (20.7) | |
| Frenchay Activities Index before stroke | <0.01 | ||||||
| Active (0–15) | 476 | 24 (5.0) | 92 (19.3) | 179 (37.6) | 122 (25.6) | 59 (12.4) | |
| Inactive (16–30) | 85 | 3 (3.5) | 12 (14.1) | 19 (22.4) | 27 (31.8) | 24 (28.2) | |
| Frenchay Activities Index at three months | <0.01 | ||||||
| Active (0–15) | 233 | 17 (7.3) | 54 (23.2) | 94 (40.3) | 50 (21.5) | 18 (7.7) | |
| Inactive (16–30) | 328 | 10 (3.0) | 50 (15.2) | 104 (31.7) | 99 (30.2) | 65 (19.8) | |
| Mini Mental State examination at three months | <0.01 | ||||||
| ⩾24 | 329 | 19 (5.8) | 71 (21.6) | 125 (38.0) | 83 (25.2) | 31 (9.4) | |
| <24 | 232 | 8 (3.5) | 33 (14.2) | 73 (31.5) | 66 (28.5) | 52 (22.4) | |