Research Article
Prevalence, Severity, and Predictors of Poststroke Depression in a Prospective Cohort of Jordanian Patients
Table 1
Cohort demographics and risk factor profile.
| Variables | Categories | 151 | % | Male (%) 100 | Female (%) 51 | Gender | Male | 100 | 66.23 | Female | 51 | 33.77 |
| Age | 50 or less | 25 | 16.56 | 19 (19.00) | 6 (11.76) | Above 50 | 126 | 83.44 | 81 (81.00) | 45 (88.24) |
| Education level | Illiterate | 45 | 30.21 | 11 (11.11) | 34 (68.00) | Primary school | 20 | 13.40 | 15 (15.15) | 5 (10.00) | Secondary and high school | 24 | 16.11 | 18 (18.18) | 6 (12.00) | Graduated and diploma | 51 | 34.23 | 46 (46.46) | 5 (10.00) | Higher education | 9 | 6.04 | 9 (9.09) | 0 (0.00) |
| Smoking status | Not a smoker | 66 | 43.71 | 27 (27.00) | 39 (76.47) | Smoker | 58 | 38.41 | 51 (51.00) | 7 (13.73) | Ex-smoker | 27 | 17.88 | 22 (22.00) | 5 (9.80) | Not a smoker and ex-smoker | 93 | 61.59% | 49 (49.00) | 44 (86.27) |
| Comorbidities | Hypertension | 116 | 76.82 | 71 (71.00) | 45 (88.24) | Diabetes | 91 | 60.26 | 58 (58.00) | 33 (64.71) | Previous stroke | 48 | 31.79 | 29 (29.00) | 19 (37.25) | Ischemic heart disease | 46 | 30.67 | 27 (27.00) | 19 (37.30) | Heart failure | 16 | 10.60 | 8 (8.00) | 8 (15.69) | Atrial fibrillation | 14 | 9.33 | 6 (6.10) | 8 (15.69) | Chronic kidney disease | 14 | 9.27 | 9 (9.00) | 5 (9.80) | Psychiatric comorbidity | 6 | 4.14 | 4 (4.12) | 2 (4.17) | Having other diseases | 32 | 21.19 | 18 (18.00) | 14 (27.45) |
| Total number of comorbidities | No comorbidities | 16 | 10.60 | 15 (15.00) | 1 (1.96) | One comorbidity | 23 | 15.23 | 16 (16.00) | 7 (13.73) | Two comorbidities | 46 | 30.46 | 29 (29.00) | 17 (33.33) | Three comorbidities | 35 | 23.18 | 26 (26.00) | 9 (17.65) | Four comorbidities | 20 | 13.25 | 9 (9.00) | 11 (21.57) | Five comorbidities | 7 | 4.64 | 4 (4.00) | 3 (5.88) | Six comorbidities | 4 | 2.65 | 1 (1.00) | 3 (5.88) |
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Variability in totals is due to a missing value for one patient. |