Characteristics of stroke caregivers
| Total (n=1119) Mean±SD or N(%) | Urban (n=530) Mean±SD or N(%) | Rural (n=589) Mean±SD or N(%) | t/χ2 | P value | |
| Age | 47.96±12.3 | 50.94±11.04 | 45.28±12.91 | 7.906 | <0.001 |
| Gender | 0.808 | 0.811 | |||
| Male Female | 597 (53.4) 522 (46.6) | 281 (53.0) 249 (47.0) | 308 (52.3) 281 (47.7) | ||
| Time since stroke | 33.021 | <0.001 | |||
| <1 years 1–3 years 4–7 years 8–10 years >10 years | 452 (40.4) 258 (23.1) 157 (14.0) 118 (10.5) 134 (12.0) | 207 (39.1) 96 (18.1) 71 (13.4) 75 (14.2) 81 (15.3) | 245 (41.6) 162 (26.5) 86 (14.6) 43 (7.3) 53 (9.0) | ||
| Education | 36.015 | <0.001 | |||
| <3 years 3–6 years 6–9 years 9–12 years >12 years | 22(2) 103 (9.2) 345 (30.8) 276 (24.7) 373 (33.3) | 2 (0.4) 28 (5.3) 186 (35.1) 132 (24.9) 182 (34.3) | 20 (3.4) 75 (12.7) 159 (27.0) 144 (24.4) 191 (32.4) | ||
| NIHSS* Score | 5.28±3.85 | 5.19±3.52 | 5.35±4.13 | 0.673 | 0.501 |
| Type of stroke | 2.007 | 0.158 | |||
| Ischaemic stroke Haemorrhagic stroke | 892 (79.7) 227 (20.3) | 432 (81.5) 98 (18.5) | 460 (78.1) 129 (21.9) | ||
*NIHSS: National institutes of Health Stroke Scale
t-test or χ 2 test was used to compare characteristics of stroke survivors in urban and rural settings.