Predictors of Poststroke Health-Related Quality of Life in Nigerian Stroke Survivors: A 1-Year Follow-Up Study

Table 2

Changes in functional measures during recovery phase (6 months and one year after stroke).

Functional measure	Six months (𝑁=233); mean ± SD	One Year (𝑁=217); mean ± SD	Change; mean ± SD
Modified Rankin scale (MRS)***	3.3 ± 1.1	3.1 ± 1.1	−0.2 ± 0.5
Barthel index (BI)***	60.5 ± 25.1	68.5 ± 18.8	8.0 ± 8.7
Beck depression inventory (BDI)***	12.3 ± 5.0	10.3 ± 4.0	−2.1 ± 1.9

Level of significance of P value: *𝑃<0.05; **𝑃<0.01; and ***𝑃<0.001.