Perceived wellbeing of patients one year post stroke in general practice - recommendations for quality aftercare

Table 2 Functioning after one year according to demographic factors, impairment, disability and change in activities

Variables		N	Median Barthel Index	Range	P
Barthel Index ¹	At discharge	57	21	10-21	0,304
	After 1 year	57	21	13-21
Gender ³	Male	25	21	13-21	0,098
	Female	32	20	14-21
Social situation ²	Living alone	28	21	16-21	0,044
	Living with partner	27	21	13-21
	Home for elderly	2	15,5	14-17
Housekeeping ²	As much as before	25	21	14-21	<0,001
	Quit	9	18	13-21
	Less	17	19	15-21
	More	5	21	19-21
Physical activity ²	As much as before	18	21	17-21	0,003
	Quit	4	15	13-18
	Less	32	21	15-21
	More	2	21	21-21
Hobbies ²	As much as before	35	21	14-21	0,660
	Quit	1	19	19-19
	Less	19	21	13-21
	More	1	21	21-21
Visiting ²	As much as before	38	21	16-21	0,001
	Quit	3	15	13-18
	Less	15	20	14-21
	More	0	.
Experienced quality of life ³	The same	38	21	14-21	0,560
	Diminished	18	20,5	13-21
Depression ^2#	None	48	21	14-21	0,057
	Possible	4	18,5	13-20
	Probable	3	20	18-21
Anxiety ^2#	None	50	21	13-21	0,489
	Possible	2	19,5	18-21
	Probable	3	20	19-20

¹Wilcoxon signed rank test, ²Kruskall-Wallis test, ³Mann-Whitney U test. ^# Based on the HADS (none: <8 points, possible: 8-10 points and probable: >10 points)

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