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Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of patients enrolled according to intervention groups (N = 151)

From: The integrated care pathway for managing post stroke patients (iCaPPS©) in public primary care Healthcentres in Malaysia: impact on quality adjusted life years (QALYs) and cost effectiveness analysis

Variables

Subgroups

N (%) or Mean ± SD or Median (IQR)

Test

p value

Conventional Care (n = 65)

iCaPPS© (n = 86)

Age at stroke onset, years

≤ 50 years

19 (29.2)

25 (29.1)

Χ2 = 2.223,df = 3

0.527

51–60 years

22 (33.8)

35 (40.7)

  

61–70 years

11 (17.0))

16 (18.6)

  

≥71 years

13 (20.0)

10 (11.6)

  

Duration post stroke, years

 

4.0 (6.0)

1.29 (3.0)

z = − 2.354

0.190

Gender

Male

31 (47.7)

50 (58.1)

Χ2 = 1.625, df = 1

0.202

Female

34 (52.3)

36 (41.9)

Ethnicity

Malay

39 (60.0)

41 (47.7)

Χ2 = 2.258, df = 1

0.133

Non-Malay

26 (40.0)

45 (52.3)

 

Smoker status

Non-smoker

56

78

Fisher’s exact

0.441

Current smoker

9

8

 

Annual income (MYR)

 

8640 (22572)

15,300 (21000)

Z = -1.904

0.057