Association between Poststroke Depression and Psychological Crisis: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of patients with hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke.

	Stroke type		value
	Hemorrhagic	Ischemic
	(range)	(range)
Age (years)	(36~82)	(21~89)	0.003
BMI	(17.78~44.98)	(20.00~34.67)	0.960
Time since onset of stroke (days)	(11~180)	(9~180)	0.041
			value
Sex			0.904
Female	15	31
Male	15	36
Marital status			0.165
Married	19	53
Separated, divorced, or widowed	11	14
Alcohol or drug abuse			0.663
No	29	62
Yes	1	5
Previous suicide attempt(s)			0.309
No	29	67
Yes	1	0	0.904
Stroke lesion side			0.071
Both	0	8
Left	15	22
Right	15	37
Stroke lesion location			0.237
Both	1	10
Cortex	7	12
Subcortex	22	45
Premorbid functional status			0.173
Partially dependent	0	6
Totally independent	30	61
Diabetes mellitus			0.004
No	24	32
Yes	6	35
Hypertension			0.016
No	0	11
Yes	30	56
Kidney disease			0.597
No	25	52
Yes	5	15
Lung disease			0.096
No	30	60
Yes	0	7
Heart disease			0.005
No	28	44
Yes	2	23
Autoimmune disease			0.225
No	28	66
Yes	2	1
History of depression or psychiatric disorders			0.093
No	28	67
Yes	2	0
History of cognitive impairment			NA
No	30	67
Yes	0	0

SD: standard deviation; BMI: body mass index; NA: not assessed. value < 0.05, value < 0.01. The independent -test was used for age and BMI. Fisher’s exact test or the chi-square test was used for age and sex, marital status, alcohol or drug abuse, previous suicide attempt(s), diabetes mellitus, hypertension, kidney disease, lung disease, heart disease, autoimmune disease, history of depression or psychiatric disorder, history of cognitive impairment, stroke lesion side, and stroke lesion location.