Life satisfaction two-years after stroke onset: the effects of gender, sex occupational status, memory function and quality of life among stroke patients (Newsqol) and their family caregivers (Whoqol-bref) in Luxembourg

Table 1 Characteristics of stroke patients and family caregivers

		All stroke survivors N = 94	Stroke survivors without caregivers N = 32	Stroke survivors with caregivers N = 62	Family caregivers N = 62
Age		65.5 (14.4)	67.6 (11.3)	64.4 (15.8)	59.3 (13.7)
Life satisfaction [1;10]+	Dependent variable	7.1 (1.9)	7.1 (2.3)	7.1 (1.6)	7.2 (1.7)
Sex	Women	44.7	53.1	40.3	65.6
	Men	55.3	46.9	59.7	34.4
Nationality	Luxembourgish	74.5	-	-	-
	Other	25.5	-	-	-
Relationship with the patient	Spouse / partner	-	-	-	82.3
	Child / Other	-	-	-	17.7
Educational level	Under 12^th grade	53.5	68.8	44.4	42.4
	12^th grade and above	46.5	31.2	55.6	57.6
Occupation at the time of the stroke ¹	Never employed	15.7	6.9	20.4	17.5
	Manual worker	32.5	51.7	22.2	14.0
	Employee / intermediate professional / technician	31.3	24.1	35.2	49.1
	Manager / Liberal Profession / Farmer	20.5	17.2	22.2	19.3
Current occupational status	Working	15.9	9.4	19.6	35.6
	At home without activity	27.3	34.4	23.2	30.5
	In retirement	56.8	56.3	57.1	33.9
Income ²	< 36 000 €	46.4	70.4	31.0	28.9
	≥ 36 000 €	53.6	29.6	69.0	71.1
Municipality ³	Luxembourg city	9.6	3.1	12.9	-
	Most populous municipalities	27.7	21.9	30.6	-
	Other municipalities	62.8	75.0	56.5	-
Current AHA.SOC ⁴	Impaired motor	35.1	37.5	33.9
impairments functions	Impaired visual	20.2	15.6	22.6
	Impaired sensory	44.7	28.1	53.2
	Impaired language	30.9	21.9	35.5
	Impaired memory	31.9	18.8	38.7
Current AHA.SOC ⁴ domains	0 domain impaired	28.7	40.6	22.6
neurological impairment	1 domain impaired	20.2	25.0	17.7
	2 domains impaired	14.9	12.5	16.1
	more than two domains	36.2	21.9	43.5

Mean (standard deviation) or %.
¹ For unemployed and retired people as well as for those in vocational training at the time of the event, the last occupational activity was recorded.
² Income value of reference [30].
³ The most populated are the communes of more than 7500 inhabitants (10 communes) [30].
⁴ American Heart Association Stroke Outcome Classification: AHA.SOC [29], stroke survivor neurological impairments and residual disabilities were documented in motor, sensory, vision, affect, cognition and language functions. This follows the AHA.SOC, a validated system that synthesises stroke-related impairments in a single summary score.

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