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Table 1 Descriptive data and prevalence

From: Prevalence of fatigue in patients 3 months after stroke and association with early motor activity: a prospective study comparing stroke patients with a matched general population cohort

  

Stroke

HUNT3-survey

Gender, % female

 

46.3 %

46.3 %

Age, mean (SD, range)

 

74.8 (11.4, 30.7–91.7)

74.8 (11.5, 30.7–92.5)

HUNT3 fatigue question (Do you feel, for the most part, strong and fit or tired and worn out?), n (%)

1. Very strong and fit

6 (2.3 %)

11 (4.3 %)

2. Strong and fit

29 (11.3 %)

42 (16.3 %)

3. Somewhat strong and fit

60 (23.3 %)

88 (34.2 %)

4. Somewhat in between

82 (31.9 %)

88 (34.2 %)

5. Somewhat tired and worn out

42 (16.3 %)

21 (8.2 %)

6. Tired and worn out

20 (7.8 %)

6 (2.3 %)

7. Very tired and worn out

18 (7.0 %)

1 (0.4 %)

Fatigue (HUNT3), % score ≥ 5

 

31.1 %

10.9 %

Fatigue (FSS-7), % score ≥ 4.0

 

34.6 %

-

Early motor activity, mean (SD)

% of day in bed

36.6 (23.4)

-

% of day sitting out of bed

47.4 (19.9)

-

% of day upright

10.9 (9.2)

-

% of day not observed

5.1 (7.9)

-

Stroke severity (NIHSS), mean (SD)

 

5.0 (5.0)

 

Function at inclusion (mRS), median, mean (SD)

 

3, 3.2 (1.1)

-

Function at 3 months (mRS), median, mean (SD)

 

2, 2.5 (1.2)

-

  

n (% of cohort)

% reporting fatigue with HUNT3, FSS-7

 

Oxford stroke classification groups

TACI

17 (7 %)

41 %, 38 %

-

PACI

103 (40 %)

34 %, 40 %

-

LACI

58 (23 %)

24 %, 35 %

-

POCI

47 (18 %)

30 %, 44 %

-

Haemorrhagic

32 (13 %)

31 %, 35 %

-

Co-morbidities, % of cohort

Hypertension

68 %

48 %

Heart failure

10 %

7 %

Myocardial infarct

19 %

14 %

Lung disease (including asthma and COPD)

12 %

14 %

Kidney disease

3 %

2 %

Diabetes mellitus

15 %

11 %

Cancer

18 %

9 %

Connective tissue disease (including rheumatoid arthritis and spondylitis

8 %

8 %

  1. Descriptive data, prevalence of fatigue and early motor activity data are provided for the stroke patients (n = 257) and their age/gender-matched counterparts (n = 257) from HUNT3-Survey
  2. FSS-7 7-item Fatigue Severity Scale, mRS modified Rankin Scale (range of scores 0–5), NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (range of scores 0–42), COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease