Table 1 Baseline sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients according to dataset
Full sample (n = 1133) | NSHA case costing (n = 466) | 12-month questionnaire (n = 635) | Monthly diaries (n = 223) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
CDS | 590 | (52.1) | 207 | (44.4) | 334 | (52.6) | 113 | (50.7) |
Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||||||
Age, years | ||||||||
Mean (SD) | 72.3 | (10.0) | 71.6 | (10.5) | 72.2 | (8.9) | 73.1 | (8.2) |
Male sex | 701 | (61.9) | 303 | (65.0) | 396 | (62.4) | 124 | (55.6) |
Rural location | 613 | (54.1) | 75 | (16.1) | 349 | (55.0) | 121 | (54.3) |
Highest level of completed education | ||||||||
Some high school | 165 | (14.6) | 58 | (12.4) | 121 | (19.1) | 45 | (20.2) |
Completed high school | 161 | (14.2) | 63 | (13.5) | 105 | (16.5) | 44 | (19.7) |
College/Trade school | 187 | (16.5) | 80 | (17.2) | 145 | (22.8) | 66 | (29.6) |
University undergraduate | 105 | (9.3) | 51 | (10.9) | 79 | (12.4) | 27 | (12.1) |
University postgraduate | 88 | (7.8) | 44 | (9.4) | 65 | (10.2) | 26 | (11.7) |
Not documented | 393 | (34.7) | 170 | (36.5) | 190 | (18.9) | 15 | (6.7) |
Annual household income, Canadian dollars | ||||||||
<$25 000 | 116 | (10.2) | 35 | (7.5) | 77 | (12.1) | 29 | (13.0) |
$25 000–$49 999 | 254 | (22.4) | 81 | (17.4) | 191 | (30.1) | 86 | (38.6) |
$50 000–$74 999 | 117 | (10.3) | 61 | (13.1) | 89 | (14.0) | 40 | (17.9) |
$75 000–$99 999 | 64 | (5.7) | 36 | (7.7) | 48 | (7.6) | 18 | (8.1) |
≥$100 000 | 57 | (5.0) | 33 | (7.1) | 40 | (6.3) | 10 | (4.5) |
Not Documented | 525 | (46.3) | 220 | (47.2) | 190 | (29.9) | 40 | (17.9) |
Employment status | ||||||||
Full time employed | 62 | (5.5) | 30 | (6.4) | 37 | (5.8) | 9 | (4.0) |
Part time employed | 36 | (3.2) | 15 | (3.2) | 26 | (4.1) | 8 | (3.6) |
Not workinga | 617 | (54.5) | 251 | (53.9) | 458 | (72.1) | 192 | (86.1) |
Not documented | 418 | (36.9) | 170 | (36.5) | 114 | (18.0) | 14 | (6.3) |
Clinical characteristics | ||||||||
Stroke risk, mean (SD) | ||||||||
CHADS2 | 2.1 | (1.3) | 2.1 | (1.4) | 2.0 | (1.3) | 1.9 | (1.3) |
CHA2DS2-VASc | 3.7 | (1.8) | 3.6 | (1.8) | 3.5 | (1.7) | 3.5 | (1.6) |
Medical conditions | ||||||||
Congestive heart failure | 291 | (25.7) | 136 | (29.2) | 148 | (23.3) | 40 | (17.9) |
Hypertension | 891 | (78.6) | 352 | (75.5) | 487 | (76.7) | 170 | (76.2) |
Diabetes | 327 | (28.9) | 117 | (25.1) | 175 | (27.6) | 61 | (27.4) |
Prior stroke, transient ischemic attack, or systemic embolism | 209 | (18.5) | 95 | (20.4) | 110 | (17.3) | 32 | (14.3) |
Vascular disease | 398 | (35.1) | 179 | (38.4) | 212 | (33.4) | 69 | (30.9) |