Table 2 Self-perceived general health, pain, and depression at 1 year and 5 years post-stroke, compared with the Wilcoxon signed rank test.

From: Differences in self-perceived general health, pain, and depression 1 to 5 years post-stroke related to work status at 1 year

 

1 year post-stroke

5 years post-stroke

P value

How would you rate your general health? n (%)a

  

0.034

 Very good

94 (24.9)

74 (19.6)

 

 Fairly good

240 (63.7)

253 (67.1)

 

 Pretty bad

38 (10.1)

45 (11.9)

 

 Very bad

5 (1.3)

5 (1.3)

 

Are you in pain? n (%)b

  

 < 0.001

 Never or almost never

205 (53.0)

149 (38.5)

 

 Sometimes

111 (28.7)

135 (34.9)

 

 Often

43 (11.1)

59 (15.2)

 

 Constantly

28 (7.2)

44 (11.4)

 

Do you feel depressed? n (%)c

  

0.232

 Never or almost never

169 (43.2)

180 (46.0)

 

 Sometimes

166 (42.5)

166 (42.5)

 

 Often

50 (12.8)

35 (9.0)

 

 Constantly

6 (1.5)

10 (2.6)

 
  1. a: n = 377. b: n = 387. c: n = 391.