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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics at baseline (n = 113)

From: A trial-based economic evaluation of the Restore4Stroke self-management intervention compared to an education-based intervention for stroke patients and their partners

 

SMI (n = 58)

EDU (n = 55)

p-value

n

 

n

 

Demographic characteristics

 Mean age in years (SD)

58

55.2 (8.9)

55

58.8 (8.7)

.056

 Gender (% man)

58

44.8

55

60.0

.038a

 Educational level (% low)

56

69.6

54

63.0

.115

 Living with partner (%)

57

73.1

55

76.9

.254

 Employment status (% employed)

58

22.4

55

23.6

.675

 Ethnicity (% Dutch nationality)

58

98.3

54

100

.344

Stroke characteristics

 Post stroke in months (SD)

54

15.6 (20.9)

55

21.9 (34.1)

.041a

 Type of stroke (% infarction)

55

78.2

55

87.3

.029a

 Affected hemisphere (% right)

54

44.4

55

45.5

.870

 Stroke history (% recurrent)

54

13.0

55

21.8

.039a

Costs

 Healthcare costs, € (SD)

58

2113.4 (413.4)

55

2390.4 (407.5)

.179

 Non-healthcare costs, € (SD)

58

4259.2 (671.3)

55

3269.7 (545.5)

.052

 Total societal costs, € (SD)

58

6387.4 (827.9)

55

5648.8 (761.0)

.093

  1. Non-parametric Mann-Whitney test or Chi-Square test used to test for significant differences between SMI and EDU
  2. SD standard deviation
  3. asignificant at the 0.05 level