Research Article
Prevalence, Severity, and Predictors of Poststroke Depression in a Prospective Cohort of Jordanian Patients
Table 6
Predictors of depression after one month.
| Predictors of depression in the first month poststroke | Factors | | Wald | Sig. | Exp () |
| Gender | 0.475 | 0.365 | 0.546 | 1.608 | Age (reference less than 50) | -0.361 | 0.197 | 0.657 | 0.697 | Barthel Index one month after the event | Total dependency (0-20) | 4.523 | 4.246 | 0.039 | 92.145 | Severe dependency (21-60) | 1.690 | 4.632 | 0.031 | 5.418 | Moderate dependency (61-90) | 0.377 | 0.239 | 0.625 | 1.458 | Slight dependency (91-99) | 1.139 | 1.527 | 0.217 | 3.123 | Education level | Primary school | 0.483 | 0.326 | 0.568 | 1.621 | Secondary and high school | -2.372 | 4.122 | 0.042 | 0.093 | Graduated and diploma | -0.251 | 0.106 | 0.745 | 0.778 | Postgraduate | -2.255 | 2.032 | 0.154 | 0.105 | Modified ranking score on admission (reference 0-2) | 2.311 | 6.029 | 0.014 | 10.087 | Comorbidities and risk factors | Diabetes | -0.195 | 0.112 | 0.738 | 0.823 | Hypertension | 0.699 | 0.800 | 0.371 | 2.011 | Ischemic heart disease | -0.873 | 1.922 | 0.166 | 0.418 | Atrial fibrillation | -1.442 | 1.072 | 0.301 | 0.237 | Chronic kidney disease | 2.594 | 7.249 | 0.007 | 13.384 | Heart failure | 0.454 | 0.180 | 0.672 | 1.575 | Number of days the patients admitted to ICU | 0.174 | 1.784 | 0.182 | 1.190 | Smoking (reference not smoker and ex-smoker) | 2.187 | 9.497 | 0.002 | 8.912 | Prior mood symptoms | -1.951 | 2.037 | 0.154 | 0.142 |
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