Baseline information of the participants
| Total | CICS | Booklet | P value | |
| Male, n (%) | 72 (72) | 36 (72) | 36 (72) | 1.0* |
| Female, n (%) | 28 (28) | 14 (28) | 14 (28) | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 62.92 (10.8) | 63.02 (9.97) | 62.94 (11.70) | 0.997† |
| CMMSE: mean (SD) | 22.85 (2.9) | 22.84 (2.9) | 22.86 (2.9) | 0.63† |
| Diagnosis, n (%) | 0.843* | |||
| Right AIS | 34 (34) | 17 (34) | 17 (34) | |
| Right acute brain stroke | 17 (17) | 8 (16) | 9 (9) | |
| Left AIS | 33 (33) | 18 (36) | 15 (30) | |
| Left acute brain stroke | 15 (15) | 7 (14) | 8 (16) | |
| Cerebellar | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | |
| CT finding, n (%) | 0.951* | |||
| Lacunar | 45 | 25 | 20 | |
| Large vessel arthrosclerosis | 13 | 20 | 22 | |
| No abnormal finding | 42 | 5 | 8 | |
| NIHSS, mean (SD) | ||||
| First day | 2.28 (1.87) | 2.34 (1.83) | 2.22 (1.93) | 0.65† |
| Systolic BP, mean (SD) | ||||
| First day | 158.15 (29.13) | 159.16 (30.2) | 157.14 (28.26) | 0.69† |
| Diastolic BP, mean (SD) | ||||
| First day | 91.87 (18.73) | 92.36 (20.69) | 91.38 (16.73) | 0.92† |
*Fisher’s exact test.
†Mann-Whitney U test.
AIS, acute ischeamic stroke; BP, blood pressure; CICS, customised interactive computer education system; CMMSE, Chinese Mini-Mental State Examination; NIHSS, National Institute of Health and Stroke Scale.