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 2

Distribution of PSD in relation to some clinical and anatomic characteristics of stroke in study respondents at the neurology clinic of Zewditu Memorial Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (total ).

Variables	Number (%)	Depressed (%)	Nondepressed (%)	value
Stroke type
Ischemic	131 (57.2)	42 (32.1)	89 (67.9)	0.075
Haemorrhagic	98 (42.8)	(21.4)	(78.6)
Stroke location
Left hemispheric	118 (51.5)	33 (28.0)	85 (72.0)	0.570
Right hemispheric	107 (46.7)	28 (26.2)	79 (73.8)
Bilateral	4 (1.7)	2 (50)	2 (50)
Stroke duration				0.01
24 months	58 (25.3)	15 (25.9)	43 (74.1)
24 months	78 (34.1)	11 (14.1)	67 (85.9)
Stroke risk factor
Hypertension	161 (70.3)	47 (29.2)	114 (70.8)
Diabetes mellitus	47 (20.5)	19 (40.4)	28 (59.6)
Smoking	48 (21.0)	13 (27.08)	35 (72.9)
Prior stroke	22 (9.6)	(22.7)	(77.3)
Coronary artery disease	2 (0.9)	1 (50%)	1 (50%)
Prestroke psychiatric illness	0
Depression family history
Positive	6 (2.6)	3 (50.0)	3 (50.0)	0.211
Negative	223 (97.4)	60 (26.9)	163 (73.09)