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Table 1 Participants’ baseline characteristics and characteristics presented for the overall group and per movement behavior pattern

From: Movement behavior patterns composition remains stable, but individuals change their movement behavior pattern over time in people with a first-ever stroke

 

Total group

N = 200

Sedentary exercisers

N = 44

Sedentary movers

N = 90

Sedentary prolongers

N = 66

Age

67.8 ± 11.5

62.6 ± 11.2†‡

69.2 ± 11.6*

69.3 ± 10.8*

Sex (male)

128 (64%)

35 (80%)†

51 (57%)*

42 (63%)

Discharge destination

 Hospital

147 (74%)

35 (80%)

68 (76%)

44 (67%)

 IPR

24 (12%)

4 (9%)

10 (11%)

10 (15%)

 IPGR

29 (15%)

5 (11%)

12 (13%)

12 (18%)

Living status (alone)

48 (24%)

12 (27%)

25 (28%)

11 (17%)

 Pre stroke MVPA (PAA)

4 (2.0)

5 (2.0) ‡

4 (2.0)

4 (2.0)*

 Social support (SSL)

31 (8.0)

32 (7.7)

31.7 (9.3)

30 (8.0)

 Stroke severity (NIHSS)

3 (4.0)

2 (5.0)

2 (4.0)

3 (4.3)

 Comorbidity (CIRS)

3 (4.0)

1.5 (4.0) †‡

3 (3.0)*

3 (5.0)*

Motor function (MI)

 Upper extremity

100 (0)

100 (0)

100 (8.0)

100.0 (8.0)

 Lower extremity

100 (0)

100 (0.0) ‡

100.0 (0.0)

100.0 (2.25)*

 Walk performance (5MWT)

5.0 (1.8)

4.7 (0.8) †‡

5.3 (2.1)*

5.4 (3.2)*

 Balance (BBS)

55.0 (6.0)

56.0 (1.0) †‡

54.0 (7.0)*

53.0 (8.0)*

 Functional status (SIS)

90.6 (21.9)

96.4 (9.1) †‡

88.0 (25.3)*

85.9 (25.3)*

 Cognitive functioning (MOCA)

25 (5.0)

25 (4.0)

25 (5.0)

24.5 (5.3)

Anxiety

5 (5.8)

5.0 (6.8)

6.0 (6.0)

5.0 (4.0)

 Depression (HADS)

5.0 (6.0)

3.5 (6.0)

5.0 (6.0)

5.0 (4.3)

 Fatique (CIS-F) (severe)

40 (20%)

5 (11%)

18 (20%)

17 (26%)

 Self-efficacy (SESx) (low-moderate)

170 (85%)

37 (84%)

73 (81%)

60 (91%)

 Sedentary time (hours/day)

9.3 ± 1.8

9.0 ± 1.6‡

8.4 ± 1.5‡

10.6 ± 1.40*†

 SB percentage

67.8

63.6‡

63.1‡

77.1*†

 LPA time (hours/day)

3.8 ± 1.5

3.8 ± 1.2†‡

4.6 ± 1.5*‡

2.8 ± 0.8*†

 LPA percentage

27.6

26.9†‡

33.6*‡

20.0*†

 MVPA time (hours/day)

0.6 (0.7)

1.3 (0.3) †‡

0.4 (0.5)*

0.4 (0.5)*

 MVPA percentage

3.9

9.2†‡

2.9*

2.6*

 MVPA bouts ≥10 min. (hours/day)

0.1 (0.3)

0.6 (0.4) †‡

0.1 (0.2)*

0.1 (0.2)*

 Weartime

13.7 ± 1.4

14.1 ± 1.5†

13.4 ± 1.3*

13.8 ± 1.5

  1. Data is presented as mean ± SD, median (IQR) or n (%).
  2. IPR inpatient rehabilitation, IPGR inpatient geriatric rehabilitation, PAA Physical Activity Assessment scale, SSL Social Support List, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, CIRS Cumulative Illness Rating Scale, MI Motricity Index, 5MWT Five Meter Walk Test, BBS Berg Balance Scale, SIS Stroke Impact Scale 3.0, MOCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment, HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, CIS-F Checklist Individual Strength-Fatigue subscale, SESx Self-Efficacy for Symptom management scale, LPA light physical activity, MVPA moderate-vigorous physical activity.
  3. * = significant differences with sedentary exercisers
  4. † = significant differences with sedentary movers.
  5. ‡ = significant. Differences with sedentary prolongers.