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Table 4 Participant demographics

From: Investigating preferences for support with life after stroke: a discrete choice experiment

 

Patient

Family carer

Demographic

N

Mean (SD)

N

Mean (SD)

Age

80

70.78 (11.12)

34

74.76 (10.00)

Time since stroke (days)

80

331.06 (79.30)

34

338.56 (76.27)

Distance from hospital (miles)

80

15.82 (12.36)

34

18.68 (19.96)

Male N (%)

80

40 (50)

34

12 (35)

Marital status N (%)

77

 

32

 
 

Married/civil partnership

 

48 (60)

 

26 (81)

 

Divorced

 

6 (8)

 

2 (6)

 

Widowed

 

20 (25)

 

0 (0)

 

Separated

 

1 (1)

 

0 (0)

 

Single

 

2 (3)

 

4 (13)

Type of stroke N (%)

80

   
 

Haemorrhage

 

4 (5)

  
 

Infarction

 

75* (94)

  
 

TIA

 

1 (1)

  

Live alone N (%)

76

21 (26)

32

0 (0)

EQ5D

80

0.63 (0.31)

34

0.80 (0.19)

Barthel

77

86.75 (20.44)

31

69.68 (27.02)**

VAS

74

68.18 (20.14)

32

74.56 (17.32)

  1. *2 went on to have 2nd infarction.
  2. **On behalf of the patient.