Responsiveness and Predictive Ability of the Chinese Version of the Action Research Arm Test in People with Cerebral Infarction
Table 1
Characteristics of the study participants.
Variable
0D (97)
3W (91)
3M (59)
6M (42)
1Y (35)
Withdraw (62)
Complete (35)
P
Values
Values
Values
Values
Values
Values
Values
Age (years)
59.87 ± 10.94
59.95 ± 10.79
60.10 ± 10.61
58.69 ± 11.71
58.34 ± 11.06
60.73 ± 10.87
58.34 ± 11.06
0.306
Onset (days)
28.74 ± 15.32
50.67 ± 15.62
118.02 ± 16.37
211.76 ± 19.78
397.26 ± 20.39
28.94 ± 15.30
28.40 ± 15.58
0.870
Sex
Male
75 (77.3)
71 (78.0)
47 (79.7)
33 (78.6)
26 (74.3)
49 (79.0)
26 (74.3)
0.592
Female
22 (22.7)
20 (22.0)
12 (20.3)
9 (21.4)
9 (25.7)
13 (21.0)
9 (25.7)
Affected side
Right
52 (53.6)
50 (54.9)
31 (52.5)
20 (47.6)
15 (42.9)
37 (59.7)
15 (42.9)
0.111
Left
45 (46.4)
41 (45.1)
28 (47.5)
22 (52.4)
20 (57.1)
25 (40.3)
20 (57.1)
BI
53.04 ± 24.93
65.33 ± 25.08
74.75 ± 23.75
85.95 ± 17.50
87.29 ± 16.69
49.60 ± 24.47
59.14 ± 24.93
0.070
C-ARAT total
14.55 ± 18.67
18.09 ± 20.39
21.81 ± 22.12
27.98 ± 22.89
28.77 ± 23.32
13.42 ± 17.28
16.54 ± 21.02
0.432
Grasp score
4.55 ± 6.43
5.58 ± 6.96
6.88 ± 7.48
9.12 ± 7.86
9.23 ± 7.76
4.21 ± 6.09
5.14 ± 7.03
0.495
Grip score
3.02 ± 4.11
3.81 ± 4.53
4.73 ± 4.92
6.02 ± 5.02
6.23 ± 5.20
2.82 ± 3.90
3.37 ± 4.49
0.530
Pinch score
3.36 ± 5.90
4.42 ± 6.55
5.32 ± 7.44
7.38 ± 7.79
7.66 ± 8.04
2.94 ± 5.36
4.11 ± 6.77
0.380
Gross movement score
3.62 ± 2.93
4.27 ± 3.05
4.88 ± 2.97
5.45 ± 2.94
5.66 ± 3.10
3.45 ± 2.73
3.91 ± 3.27
0.458
Note. Values are mean ± SD or (%). indicates significant correlations. Abbreviations: C-ARAT, Chinese-version of Action Research Arm Test; BI, The Barthel Activities of Daily Index; D, Day; W, Weeks; M, Months; Y, Year.
