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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients and proxies

From: Patient-proxy agreement on change in acute stroke patient-reported outcome measures: a prospective study

 

Patients

N = 41

Proxies

N = 41

Age, mean (SD)

60.8 (13.3)

54.9 (13.4)

Female

17 (41.5%)

32 (78.0%)

Race

 White

35 (85.4%)

37 (90.2%)

 Black

3 (7.3%)

4 (9.8%)

 Other/missing

3 (7.3%)

0 (0.0%)

Marital Status

 Married/Partnered

35 (85.4%)

33 (80.5%)

 Single

1 (2.4%)

4 (9.8%)

 Divorced

2 (4.9%)

3 (7.3%)

 Widowed

1 (2.4%)

1 (2.4%)

 Missing

2 (4.9%)

0 (0.0%)

Education

 High School Graduate/GED

11 (26.8%)

9 (22.0%)

 Some College

13 (31.0%)

14 (33.3%)

 College

11 (26.2%)

12 (28.6%)

 Graduate School

6 (14.3%)

7 (16.7%)

 Missing

1 (2.4%)

0 (0.0%)

Stroke Type

 Ischemic

32 (78.0%)

 

 Intracerebral Hemorrhage

9 (22.0%)

 

mRS, median (IQR)

2 (1, 3)

 

NIHSS Score, median (IQR)

1 (0, 2.5)

 

Days Since Stroke, median (IQR)

28 (17, 53)

 

Rehabilitation Location

 Outpatient Therapy/Rehab

33 (80.5%)

 

 Inpatient Rehab

8 (19.5%)

 

Relationship to Patient

 Spouse

 

30 (73.2%)

 Parent

 

1 (2.4%)

 Child

 

8 (19.5%)

 Other Relative

 

2 (4.9%)

Frequency of Contact w/ Patient

 Live with

 

35 (85.4%)

 Once per day

 

5 (12.2%)

 Once per week

 

1 (2.4%)

 Once per month or less

 

0 (0.0%)

How Well Know Patient

 Extremely

 

37 (90.2%)

 Very

 

3 (7.3%)

 Somewhat

 

0 (0.0%)

 Slightly

 

1 (2.4%)

 Not at all

 

0 (0.0%)

  1. SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range; Continuous variables that deviate from normality are presented with median and IQR mRS modified Rankin scale, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale