Apathy, Cognitive Impairment, and Social Support Contribute to Participation in Cognitively Demanding Activities Poststroke

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of participations.

Demographic variables	Participants ()
Gender
Female	42
Male	39
Self-reported race and ethnicity
Caucasian	43
African American	34
Hispanic/Latino	1
Asian	2
Native American	1
Mean age in years	60
Age range	33-81
Mean time poststroke in months (SD)	57 (78)
Time poststroke range in months	6-360
Education in years (SD)	15 (2.6)
NIH Stroke Scale mean (SD)	2.9 (2.5)
NIH Stroke Scale range	0-10
NIH Stroke Scale Total of Motor Items	1.0 (1.7)
NIH Stroke Scale Motor Item range	0-8

NIH Stroke Scale Total Motor Items are the sum of the scores of items 5a and b and 6a and b that grade the extent of motor impairment in the upper extremities and lower extremities on a scale of 0, indicating no impairment, to 4, indicating no movement; total possible score is 16.