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Table 4 Functioning according to demographic factors, change in activities and aftercare

From: Quality of life of elderly ischaemic stroke patients one year after thrombolytic therapy. A comparison between patients with and without thrombolytic therapy

Variables		Thrombolysis				Without
		N	Median BI (range)	p*	N	Median BI (range)	p*	p ^#
Gender ²	Male	24	20 (4-20)	0.310	23	20 (12-20)	0.155	0.227
	Female	9	19 (9-20)		32	19 (13-20)
Social situation ²	Living alone	7	18 (18-20)	0.355	30	19.5 (13-20)	0.405	0.419
	Living with partner	26	20 (4-20)		23	20 (12-20)
Stroke location ²	Left side	13	20 (9-20)	0.561	34	20 (13-20)	0.851	0.096
	Right side	20	20 (4-20)		16	19.5 (12-20)
	Unknown	0			5	20 (18-20)
Housekeeping ¹	More	1	20 (20-20)	0.005	5	20 (18-20)	<0.001	0.612
	As much as before	21	20 (18-20)		25	20 (13-20)
	Less	7	20 (8-20)		16	18 (15-20)
	Quit	4	9 (4-18)		8	17 (12-19)
Physical activity ¹	More	1	20 (20-20)	0.107	2	20 (20-20)	0.003	0.139
	As much as before	16	20 (18-20)		18	20 (16-20)
	Less	15	20 (8-20)		30	20 (12-20)
	Quit	1	4 (4-4)		4	14 (12-17)
Hobbies ¹	More	0		0.005	1	20 (20-20)	0.662	0.866
	As much as before	17	20 (18-20)		34	20 (13-20)
	Less	7	20 (18-20)		18	20 (12-20)
	Quit	9	18 (4-20)		1	18 (18-18)
Visiting ¹	More	1	20 (20-20)	0.058	0		0.001	0.002
	As much as before	25	20 (9-20)		37	20 (15-20)
	Less	5	20 (8-20)		14	18.5 (13-20)
	Quit	2	6.5 (4-9)		3	15 (12-17)
Vacation	More	0		0.182	2	20 (20-20)	0.007	0.001
	As much as before	18	20 (9-20)		25	20 (13-20)
	Less	9	20 (9-20)		12	20 (18-20)
	Quit	6	18.5 (4-20)		15	17 (12-20)
Experienced quality of life ²	Increased	2	20 (20-20)	0.107	0		0.505	0.169
	The same	16	20 (18-20)		37	20 (13-20)
	Diminished	15	19 (4-20)		17	19 (12-20)

p^# corrected for stroke severity and age.
^* Kruskall-Wallis¹ and Mann-Whitney² test, ^# Interaction rank transform ANOVA.

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