Table 3 Distribution of selected variables by time since the event in people with stroke in the population of England and Wales aged 65 years and older
Years since stroke | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
<1 | 1-2 | 3-5 | >5 | |||||
N | %* | N | %* | N | %* | N | %* | |
Disability (IADL or ADL) | 34 | 47.0 | 108 | 57.3 | 97 | 51.4 | 189 | 56.8 |
Depression | 7 | 11.1 | 26 | 15.1 | 25 | 14.8 | 28 | 9.0 |
Living alone | 24 | 34.0 | 69 | 38.4 | 65 | 36.1 | 104 | 32.6 |
Seeing relatives less than weekly | 15 | 24.9 | 38 | 28.2 | 36 | 25.0 | 56 | 22.7 |
Seeing neighbours less than weekly | 5 | 8.6 | 33 | 24.8 | 23 | 15.3 | 40 | 15.9 |
No friends | 11 | 17.5 | 38 | 26.6 | 46 | 29.4 | 62 | 23.5 |
Not attending meetings | 28 | 48.4 | 71 | 50.8 | 85 | 56.0 | 140 | 56.9 |
Not out and about as much as would like to be | 38 | 54.9 | 101 | 54.4 | 94 | 51.3 | 154 | 48.2 |