Prevalence and Associated Factors of Poststroke Depression among Outpatient Stroke Patients Who Have a Follow-Up at the Outpatient Neurology Clinic of Zewditu Memorial Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 1

Distribution and chi-squared tests of PSD in relation to some sociodemographic characteristics of study respondents at the neurology clinic of Zewditu Memorial Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (total ).

Sociodemographic characteristic	Number (%)	Depressed (%)	Nondepressed (%)	value
Gender
Male	138 (60.3)	28 (20.28)	110 (79.7)	0.003
Female	91 (39.7)	35 (38.46)	56 (61.5)
Age group (years)
<45	34 (14.8)	10 (29.4)	24 (70.6)	0.708
45-60	86 (37.6)	26 (30.2)	60 (69.8)
61-74	87 (38.0)	23 (26.4)	64 (73.6)
>75	22 (9.6)	4 (18.2)	18 (81.8)
Residence
Urban dwellers	201 (87.8)	55 (27.4)	146 (72.6)	0.893
Rural dwellers	28 (12.2)	8 (28.6)	20 (71.4)
Employment status
Employed	51 (22.3)	7 (13.7)	44 (86.3)	0.001
Unemployed	129 (56.3)	48 (37.2)	81 (62.8)
Retired	49 (21.4)	8 (16.3)	41 (83.7)
Education level				0.654
Illiterate	24 (10.5)	1 (4.1)	17 (70.8)
Can read & write	16 (7.0)	6 (37.5)	11 (68.75)
Primary school	63 (27.5)	13 (20.6)	50 (79.4)
Secondary school	113 (49.3)	35 (30.97)	78 (69.02)
Higher education	13 (5.7)	3 (23.07)	10 (76.9)
Social support level				<0.01
High	144 (62.9)	18 (12.5)	126 (87.5)
Low and medium	85 (33.2)	45 (52.9)	40 (47)
Living alone	22 (9.6)	12 (54.5)	10 (45.5)