Table 3 Relationships between demographic data, disease characteristics, and acceptance of disability (N = 175)
From: Acceptance of disability and its predictors among stroke patients in Taiwan
Variables | AOD score | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | t/r | p | |
Demographic data | ||||
Age (yr) | r = -0.03 | 0.73 | ||
Gender | ||||
Male | 71.73 | 11.59 | t = -0.02 | 0.99 |
Female | 71.70 | 12.14 | ||
Marital status | ||||
Single | 71.70 | 11.78 | t = 0.11 | 0.91 |
Married | 72.09 | 11.34 | ||
Educational level | ||||
Low (below 9th grade) | 71.53 | 11.99 | t = -0.44 | 0.66 |
High (above 9th grade) | 72.50 | 10.72 | ||
Monthly income | ||||
≦30000 | 70.88 | 12.12 | t = -1.20 | 0.23 |
≧30001 | 73.06 | 11.01 | ||
Living status | ||||
Living alone | 73.72 | 8.83 | t = 1.08 | 0.29 |
Cohabitating | 71.44 | 12.08 | ||
Religious beliefs | ||||
Yes | 73.15 | 10.64 | t = 2.55 | 0.01 |
No | 67.21 | 13.83 | ||
Sleep disturbance | ||||
Yes | 68.96 | 12.86 | t = 2.89 | 0.004 |
No | 74.00 | 10.21 | ||
Cigarette smoking | ||||
Yes | 71.75 | 11.97 | t = -0.03 | 0.98 |
No | 71.70 | 11.53 | ||
Regular exercise | ||||
Yes | 71.48 | 11.92 | t = 0.38 | 0.70 |
No | 72.20 | 11.39 | ||
Disease characteristics | ||||
Disease duration (mo) | r = 0.2 | 0.008 | ||
Side of lesion | ||||
Left | 71.42 | 12.22 | t = 0.39 | 0.70 |
Right | 72.19 | 11.11 | ||
Stroke event | ||||
First | 73.02 | 11.05 | t = 2.74 | 0.007 |
Recurrent | 67.35 | 12.96 | ||
Comorbidity | ||||
Yes | 70.68 | 11.32 | t = 2.87 | 0.005 |
No | 77.69 | 12.45 | ||
Stroke type | ||||
Hemorrhagic | 65.84 | 12.78 | t = 1.89 | 0.06 |
Ischemic | 72.19 | 11.54 | ||
Barthel index | r = 0.49 | 0.000 | ||