Research Article
Sleep-Wake Patterns during the Acute Phase after First-Ever Stroke
Table 1
Characteristics of the sample ().
| | Mean | (SD) | Median | Range |
| | Sociodemographic variables | | | | | | Age in years | 68.3 | (13.2) | 70 | 29–91 | | Males | 66.5 | (13.0) | 68 | 29–86 | | Females | 71.1 | (13.1) | 74 | 37–91 |
| | Education | | (%) | | | | <12 years (high) | 80 | (73) | | | | ≥12 years (low) | 30 | (27) | | | | Living in paired relationship | 56 | (50) | | | | Working status: paid job | 33 | (30) | | |
| | Stroke type | | | | | | Ischemic infarct | 78 | (70.9) | | | | Hemorrhage | 6 | (5.5) | | | | Chronic cerebral ischemia | 10 | (14.5) | | | | Negative findings | 16 | (9.1) | | |
| | Clinical variables | | | | | Physical functioning
(from SF-36), (0–100) | 60.0 | (33.7) | 70 | 0–100 | | Time since admission | 4.6 | (3.2) | 4 | 1–15 |
| | Context | | (%) | | | | Hospital all nights | 54 | (49) | | | | Home all nights | 32 | (29) | | | | Part-time hospital | 24 | (22) | | |
| | Subjective sleep quality | | | | | | PSQI (0–21) | 6.9 | (3.6) | 6 | 0–16 |
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