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Table 1 Participants

From: Developing and evaluating the implementation of a complex intervention: using mixed methods to inform the design of a randomised controlled trial of an oral healthcare intervention after stroke

Participants Profile

Frequency (n = 40)

Percentage

Male

23

57.5

Female

17

42.5

Admitted from

  

Home

35

87.5

Care home

2

5

Elsewhere in Hospital

3

7.5

Impaired Dominant Hand/Arm

  

Yes

15

37.5

No

25

62.5

Communication

  

Normal

16

40

Aphasia

13

32.5

Dysarthria

6

15

None*

5

12.5

Consciousness

  

Alert

31

77.5

Confused/Disorientated

6

15

Reduced Consciousness

1

2.5

Unconscious

2

5

Infarct/Haemorrhage

  

Infarct

37

92.5

Haemorrhage

3

7.5

Site of Lesion

  

Right

17

42.5

Left

22

55

Unclear

1

2.5

TACI

8

20

PACI

9

22.5

LACI

11

27.5

Other

12

30

Impairment (modified Rankin Scale)

  

0-2 Slight to no disability

16

40

3-5 Moderate or severe disability

23

60

Dentition**

  

Natural Teeth

14

35

Dentures

29 (full 23; partial 6)

72.5

Edentulous

2

5

Location of Dentures

(n = 29)

 

Hospital

24

82.8

At home

3

10.3

Missing

4

13.8

Dentures Worn

(n = 29)

 

Yes (4 only occasionally)

18

45

No

11

27.5

  1. Key: On admission to the study most participants were in the very acute stages following stroke onset (1 day of stroke onset) with the maximum of 22 days after stroke (top three longest post onset on admission were 8-22 days and were admissions from elsewhere across the hospital). Age range was 45-92 years of age. * = (cognitive or decreased consciousness). **Some patients had both natural teeth and partial dentures. TACI = Total Anterior Circulation Infarct: PACI = Partial Anterior Circulation Infarct: LACI = Lacunar Infarct