Research Article
The Course of Fatigue during the First 18 Months after First-Ever Stroke: A Longitudinal Study
Table 2
Clinical characteristics at baseline of the study sample (N = 95).
| | Clinical variables | Mean (SD) |
| | SF-36—Physical function (1–100) | 61.8 (31.5) | | ADL-P (Barthel Index) (1–20) () | 17.9 (3.9) | | Depression (BDI-II sum score) () | 9.4 (7.4) | | Body mass index () | 26.5 (5.2) | | Stroke characteristics | | | Stroke type | | | Infarct | 74 (77.9) | | Haemorrhage | 7 (7.4) | | Unknown | 14 (14.7) | | Location (n = 72) | | | Right | 32 (33.7) | | Left | 26 (27.4) | | Bilateral | 14 (14.7) | | Comorbidity (past or present) | | | Prestroke fatigue | 26 (27.4) | | Endocrine | 21 (22.1) | | Circulatory | 55 (57.9) | | Respiratory | 12 (12.6) | | Digestive | 9 (9.5) | | Muscular | 18 (18.9) | | Other disease | 38 (40.0) |
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