Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of all patients
Variables | Group | P-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Intervention (n = 30) | Control (n = 29) | ||
Age (years) | |||
Mean ± SD(range) | 63.200 ± 6.178(56–77) | 62.483 ± 6.069(56–80) | 0.655 |
Gender (n, %) | |||
Male | 20 (66.7%) | 20 (69%) | 0.860 |
Female | 10 (33.3%) | 9 (31%) | |
Course of disease (months) | 2.62 ± 1.298 | 2.88 ± 1.23 | 0.428 |
Stroke type (n, %) | |||
Infarction | 21 (70%) | 18 (62%) | 0.520 |
Hemorrhage | 9 (30%) | 11 (38%) | |
Education level (n, %) | |||
Graduation below primary school | 4 | 3 | 0.515 |
Junior high school | 12 | 7 | |
High school graduation or above | 10 | 15 | |
College | 4 | 4 | |
Profession (n, %) | |||
Did not work | 6 | 5 | 0.924 |
Temporary work | 11 | 10 | |
Steady work | 13 | 14 | |
Marital status (n, %) | |||
Married | 25 | 27 | 0.587 |
Unmarried | 1 | 1 | |
Divorced | 4 | 1 | |
Water swallow test | 3.93 ± 0.828 | 3.90 ± 0.860 | 0.868 |