Social Participation after Stroke: One-Year Follow-Up of Stroke Survivors in Nigeria

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants.

Variable	Completers (55)	Noncompleters (𝑛=28)		Test*	𝑃 value
	𝑛 (%)	Attrition (𝑛=21); 𝑛 (%)	Dead (𝑛=7); 𝑛 (%)
Gender
Male	33 (60)	16 (76.2)	5 (71.4)	1.81	0.42
Female	22 (40)	5 (23.8)	2 (28.6)
Stroke subtype
Ischemic	39 (70.9)	16 (76.2)	4 (57.1)	5.88	0.16
Hemorrhagic	14 (25.5)	2 (9.5)	2 (28.6)
Unknown	2 (3.6)	3 (14.3)	1 (14.3)
Side of hemiplegia
Left	33 (60)	8 (38.1)	2 (28.6)	4.46	0.10
Right	22 (40)	13 (61.9)	5 (71.4)
Stroke severity (stroke levity scale)
Severe	26 (47.3)	11 (52.4)	4 (57.1)	2.31	0.69
Moderate	20 (36.4)	9 (42.9)	3 (42.9)
Mild	9 (16.4)	1 (4.8)	0 (0)
Age (years)
Mean ± SD	58.0±12.78	54.7±13.7	63.1±22.3	1.03	0.36
Range	31–85	28–75	35–95

∗Test
One-way ANOVA for Age.
Fisher’s Exact Test for other variables.