Research Article

Factors Affecting the Ability of the Stroke Survivor to Drive Their Own Recovery outside of Therapy during Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation

Table 2

Participant demographic details by group.

Stroke survivor
( )
Main carer
( )
Clinical staff
( )

Age (mean, SD)59, 1858, 1539, 11
Gender, male ( )4 2 1
Days since stroke (mean, SD)28, 37
Stroke affected upper limb, left ( )6
Dominant upper limb affected, yes ( )1
Employment status, working at onset ( )35
Main carer residing with stroke survivor before stroke, yes ( )3
Hours main carer spent per week with stroke survivor during
hospitalisation (mean, SD)
25, 30.4
Minutes main carer spent in one-way travel to hospital (mean, SD)29, 18.0
Years of clinical experience (mean, SD)13, 9.5
Years of stroke clinical experience (mean, SD)9, 6.0