From: Quality of life and costs of spasticity treatment in German stroke patients
INCO pretreated N = 67 | INCO naïve N = 41 | INCO total N = 108 | CON N = 110 | Total N = 218 | |
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Gender (m) | 36 (53.7 %) | 22 (53.7 %) | 58 (53.7 %) | 70 (63.6 %) | 128 (58.7 %) |
Age (years) | 62.3 (10.7) | 60.7 (16.0) | 61.7 (12.9) | 67.8 (12.7) | 64.8 (13.1) |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 26.7 (4.0) | 26.8 (4.4) | 26.7 (4.1) | 27.7 (4.8) | 27.2 (4.5) |
Time since apoplex (years) | 8.0 (5.6) | 6.8 (6.1) | 7.5 (5.8) | 5.3 (5.1) | 6.5 (5.6) |
Time since spasticity (years) | 6.9 (6.3) | 6.0 (6.5) | 6.6 (6.3) | 4.9 (5.4) | 5.7 (5.9) |
Concomitant diseases (yes) | 55 (82.1 %) | 29 (70.7 %) | 84 (77.8 %) | 96 (87.3 %) | 180 (8.6 %) |
Employed (yes) | 1 (1.5 %) | 3 (7.3 %) | 4 (3.7 %) | 9 (8.2 %) | 13 (6.0 %) |
Retired (yes) | 58 (96.7 %) | 39 (97.5 %) | 87 (94.6 %) | 86 (86.9 %) | 173 (90.6 %) |
Early retirement due to spasticity (yes) | 40 (63.5 %) | 20 (55.6 %) | 60 (60.6 %) | 19 (20.4 %) | 79 (41.1 %) |
Reduction in earning capacity due to spasticity (yes) | 22 (32.9 %) | 11 (26.8 %) | 33 (30.6 %) | 23 (20.9 %) | 56 (25.7 %) |
Level of care (none) | 12 (17.9 %) | 10 (24.4 %) | 22 (20.4 %) | 37 (35.6 %) | 59 (27.8 %) |
Level 1 | 28 (41.8 %) | 15 (36.6 %) | 43 (39.8 %) | 33 (31.7 %) | 76 (35.8 %) |
Level 2 | 23 (34.3 %) | 15 (36.6 %) | 38 (35.2 %) | 29 (27.9 %) | 67 (31.6 %) |
Level 3 | 4 (6.0 %) | 1 (2.4 %) | 5 (4.6 %) | 5 (4.8 %) | 10 (4.7 %) |