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Table 1 Demographic and disease characteristics (N = 175)

From: Acceptance of disability and its predictors among stroke patients in Taiwan

Variables

Mean ± SD

n(%)

Demographic data

 Age (yr)

66.23 ± 11.24

 

 Gender

  

  Male

 

125(71.4)

  Female

 

50(28.6)

 Marital status

  Single

 

11(6.3)

  Married

 

164(93.7)

 Educational level

  

  Low (<9th grade)

 

139(79.4)

  High (>9th grade)

 

36(20.6)

 Monthly income

  

  30000

 

107(61.1)

  30001

 

68(38.9)

 Living status

  

  Living alone

 

22(12.6)

  Cohabitating

 

153(87.4)

 Religious beliefs

  

  Yes

 

133(76.0)

  No

 

42(24.0)

 Sleep disturbance

  

  Yes

 

79(45.1)

  No

 

96(54.9)

 Cigarette smoking

  

  Yes

 

88(50.3)

  No

 

87(49.7)

 Regular exercise

  

  Yes

 

116(66.3)

  No

 

59(33.7)

 Disease characteristics

  Disease duration (mo)

21.68 ± 10.92

 

 Side of lesion

  

  Left

 

99(56.6)

  Right

 

76(43.4)

 Stroke event

  

  First

 

132(75.4)

  Recurrent

 

43(24.6)

 Comorbidity

  

  Yes

 

149(85.1)

  No

 

26(14.9)

 Stroke type

  

  Hemorrhagic

 

13(7.4)

  Ischemic

 

162(92.6)

  Barthel index

 

75.09 ± 20.47