Research Article

Presence and Characteristics of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms in Subacute Stroke Patients with Cognitive Impairment

Table 1

Characteristics of the study participants.

VariablesOverall () ()MMSE 18–23 ()

Age, year73.5 (13.1)74.1 (12.9)73.0 (13.3)
Sex, male/female35/4615/2120/25
Duration from onset of stroke, days41.5 (17.1)44.2 (21.6)39.3 (12.0)
Type of stroke, infarction/hemorrhage/subarachnoid hemorrhage43/26/1219/10/724/16/5
Side of paresis, right/left/others25/49/79/21/616/28/1
Brunnstrom recovery stage
 Upper extremity3.6 (2.0)3.2 (1.9)3.9 (2.0)
 Finger3.6 (2.0)3.3 (1.9)3.8 (2.0)
 Lower extremity3.8 (1.9)3.5 (1.9)4.1 (1.9)
MMSE17.3 (4.7)13.0 (3.4)20.8 (1.8)
Functional Independence Measure
 Motor score34.4 (19.6)27.7 (17.1)39.7 (19.9)
 Cognitive score19.5 (6.1)16.4 (4.8)22.0 (5.8)
 Total score53.9 (23.1)44.1 (19.4)61.7 (22.8)

Values are presented as number or mean (standard deviation). MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination.