Contribution of sleep quality to fatigue following a stroke: a cross-sectional study

BMC Neurology

Table 2 Pearson correlation coefficients between the C-FAS and other variables

Variables	Pearson correlation coefficients with C-FAS scores	P
Age	0.042	0.658
Gender	−0.084	0.378
Use of walking aids	−0.056	0.561
Time since last stroke	− 0.078	0.415
CPSQI	0.306	0.001^†
VAS-Pain	−0.029	0.765
FMA-UE	0.191	0.043*
FMA-LE	0.195	0.040*
FTSTS Test	0.105	0.270
CESS	0.370	< 0.001^†
CFAI	−0.279	0.003^†
CLSA	−0.092	0.335
CIM-C	−0.243	0.010*
MSPSS-C	−0.223	0.018*

CESS Chinese version of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, CFAI Chinese version of the Frenchay Activities Index, C-FAS Chinese version of the Fatigue Assessment Scale, CIM-C Cantonese version of the Community Integration Measure, CLSA Cantonese version of the Life-Space Assessment, CPSQI Cantonese version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, FMA-LE Fugl-Meyer Assessment of the lower extremities, FMA-UE Fugl-Meyer Assessment of the upper extremities, FTSTS 5-Time Sit-To-Stand, MSPSS-C Chinese version of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, VAS-Pain Visual Analogue Scale-Pain
*p < 0.05
^†p < 0.01

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