Variables
Age; mean, SD, range 70.6  14.4 [27,93]
Gender; n (%)      
Male 53 48.6  
Female 56 51.4  
Cohabitation; n (%)      
Living alone 50 45.9  
Living with partner 59 54.1  
Diabetes; n (%) 9 8.3  
Previous nursing care; n (%) 6 5.5  
Thrombolytic intervention; n (%) 24 22.0  
Lesions; n (%)      
Multiple 71 65.1  
Single 38 34.9  
Lesion side; right/left/bilateral, n (%)      
Right 46 42.2  
Left 61 56.0  
Bilateral 2 1.8  
ASPECTS sum; median, IQR, range a 8 2.0 [2,9]
Abbreviations: ASPECTS: Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score based on diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI MRI);IQR: interquartile range. aASPECTS: no lesions = 10 points, a patient with a score of 9 has one lesion.
Abbreviations: ASPECTS: Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score based on diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI MRI);IQR: interquartile range. aASPECTS: no lesions = 10 points, a patient with a score of 9 has one lesion
Table 1: Background characteristics of the sample, N=109