Dorien Brouwer

66 Chapter 1.3 PART 1 Table 1: Baseline characteristics and dichotomized self-efficacy at baseline and its determinants (N=92) Overall High Low p Vascular risk factors: Hypertension 7 , n (%) 61 (66) 39 (63) 22 (73) 0.33 Systolic blood pressure (mmHg), mean (SD) 136 (23) 135 (125-145) 135 (121-148) 0.64 Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg), mean (SD) 79 (13) 80 (72-89) 79.5 (70-86) 0.53 Hypercholesterolemia 8 , n (%) 75 (82) 52 (84) 23 (77) 0.41 Total cholesterol level (mmol/l), mean (SD) 9 5.2 (3.9-6.1) 4.9 (4.3-5.3) 0.66 Blood glucose level (mmol/l), mean (SD) 9 6.0 (1.5) 5.6 (5.1-6.2) 5.7 (5.2-6.6) 0.42 Diabetes Mellitus 10 , n (%) 28 (30) 17 (27) 11 (37) 0.37 Fear 11 , median (IQ) scores from 0-32 16 (8-21) 13 (7-18.5) 17 (12-23) 0.02 Social support 11 : Active involvement, median (IQ) 15 (12-17) 15 (12-17) 17 (10-16) 0.50 Protective buffering, median (IQ) 11 (7-14) 11 (7-14.5) 12 (8-14) 0.72 Overprotection, median (IQ) 7 (4-11) 6 (4-11) 9 (4-12) 0.18 1 Quantification of stroke severity according to the National Institutes of Health stroke scale (NIHSS), a 15- item scale with scores that range from 0 to 42 and higher values indicating greater severity. 2 Classification of subtype of acute ischemic stroke developed for the Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST). 3 Assessed with the Minimal Mental State Examination and Montreal Cognitive assessment (MoCA). 4 Scored with the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) 5 Measured with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire short (IPAQ-S) questionnaire. 6 Evaluated with the short Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ). The higher the score, the more favorable the dietary pattern. 7 Hypertension has been defined as systolic blood pressure higher than 140 mmHg and diastolic higher than 90 mmHg or antihypertensive medication use at baseline. 8 Hypercholesterolemia has been defined as a total cholesterol of 6.0 mmol/l and/or statine use at baseline. 9 Measured between day 2-5 after admission, or at visiting date of outpatient clinic 10 Diabetes mellitus has been defined as fasting glucoselevel higher than 6.9 mmol/l, and/or glucoselever higher than 11 mmol/l after oral glucose intolerencetest, and/or diabetes mellitus in history and/ or antidiabetic medication use at baseline. 11 Fear measured with 8 questions, asking on a scale of 1-5 how nervous patients are when thinking of getting another stroke, how upset they get, depressed or jittery, if their heart beats faster, they feel uneasy or anxious. 1412 Measured with the Active engagement, Protective buffering, and Overprotection (ABO) social support questionnaire for Dutch coronary heart disease patients [29]