Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics at baseline and 5 years post-stroke, divided according to functional dependency at discharge from hospital
| Â | All participants | Functionally independent | Functionally dependent |
|---|---|---|---|
Total, n (%) | 266 (100) | 130 (49) | 136 (51) |
Baseline | |||
Age, mean (SD) | 65 (14) | 64 (13) | 66 (14) |
Sex, n (%) | |||
 Male | 163 (61) | 85 (65) | 78 (57) |
 Female | 103 (39) | 45 (35) | 58 (43) |
Stroke type, n (%) | |||
 Ischemic stroke | 205 (77) | 110 (85) | 95 (70) |
 Intra cerebral heamorrhage | 34 (13) | 7 (5) | 27 (20) |
 Subarachnoid heamorrhage | 27 (10) | 13 (10) | 14 (10) |
Side of lesiona, n (%) | |||
 Right hemisphere | 95 (39) | 46 (39) | 49 (39) |
 Left hemisphere | 123 (51) | 57 (49) | 66 (53) |
 Bilateral lesion | 7 (3) | 3 (3) | 4 (3) |
 Cerebellum | 4 (2) | 0 (0) | 4 (3) |
 Unknown | 13 (5) | 11 (9) | 2 (2) |
NIHSSb *, median (min-max) | 1 (0–24) | 1 (0–20) | 2 (0–24) |
H&Hc, median (min-max) | 2 (1–5) | 2 (1–4) | 2 (1–5) |
Length of hospital stayd, mean (SD) | 8 (7) | 5 (4) | 11 (8) |
Comorbiditye, n (%) | |||
 CVD | 69 (26) | 31 (24) | 38 (29) |
 CVR | 157 (60) | 54 (42) | 82 (62) |
Five years post-stroke | |||
 Recurrent stroke, n (%) | |||
  Yes | 41 (15) | 21 (16) | 20 (15) |
  No | 225 (85) | 109 (84) | 116 (85) |
 Feeling depressedf, n (%) | |||
  Never or almost never/Sometimes | 221 (86) | 116 (91) | 105 (81) |
  Often/always | 36 (14) | 11 (9) | 25 (19) |