Motor and functional recovery after stroke: a comparison between rehabilitation settings in a developed versus a developing country

Table 1 Comparisons of clinical data between matched South-African (SA) (n = 73) and German (GE) patient samples (n = 73)

Parameters	SA n = 73	GE n = 73	p-value
Age in years: mean (SD)	63.4 (10.0)	63.9 (9.2)	0.15^a
Gender: male: n (%)	28 (38.4)	28 (38.4)	1.00^b
Female: n (%)	45 (61.6)	45 (61.6)	1.00^b
Urinary incontinence: n (%)	11 (15.1)	22 (30.1)	0.03 ^b
Dysarthria: n (%)	25 (34.2)	39 (53.4)	0.02 ^b
Aphasia: n (%)	15 (20.5)	20 (27.4)	0.35^b
TSO median days (q1 – q3)	21 (15–31)	20 (16–27)	0.32^c

^apaired T-test, ^bMc-Nemar test, ^cWilcoxon signed rank test, TSO: time since stroke onset, IQR: Interquartile range, p-values < 0.05 are in bold.

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