Table 2 Distribution of demographic characteristics, health literacy, ADL, depression, cognitive function, and OHRQoL stratified by stroke history (N = 7702)

Gender

31.56

 < .001

 Male

3423

46.5%

207

62.2%

 Female

3946

53.5%

126

37.8%

Age (years)

102.36

 < .001

 50–64

3917

53.2%

96

28.8%

 65–74

2104

28.5%

111

33.3%

 75 and above

1348

18.3%

126

37.8%

Education level

29.04

 < .001

 Primary, can read

3426

46.5%

205

61.6%

 High school and above

3943

53.5%

128

38.4%

Marital status

0.25

0.617

 Married/ Cohabitation

5462

74.1%

242

72.7%

 Single/ Widowed/ Divorced

1907

25.9%

91

27.3%

Health literacy (score range 9–45)

55.92

 < .001

 High health literacy

2826

38.3%

75

22.5%

 Medium health literacy

2731

37.1%

120

36.0%

 Low health literacy

1812

24.6%

138

41.4%

ADL

175.07

 < .001

 No disability

4399

59.7%

77

23.1%

 One disability and above

2970

40.3%

256

76.9%

Depression

46.56

 < .001

 Had depression

794

10.8%

76

22.8%

 No depression

6575

89.2%

257

77.2%

Cognitive function

84.37

 < .001

 Cognitive impairment

567

7.7%

73

21.9%

 No cognitive impairment

6802

92.3%

260

78.1%

OHRQoL

64.30

 < .001

 Good

7147

97.0%

296

88.9%

 Poor

222

3.0%

37

11.1%