Depression after Stroke in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

The most common factors associated with poststroke depression in sub-Saharan Africa.

Independently associated factors	Estimated standard errors of association	Weight (%)
Low education^a	0.04	38.8
Cognitive impairment^b	0.08	37.6
Physical disability^c	0.34	21.0
Divorced marital status^a	1.41	2.4
Apathy^b	13.3	<0.1
Female gender^c	20.7	<0.1
Poor self-reported health status^a	76.7	<0.1
Cited, not systematically associated	Reference	Sample size
Personal history of mental illness	Olayinka, 1998	86
Family history of mental illness	Olayinka, 1998	86
Poor social support	Olayinka, 1998	86
Right-side laterality	Oladiji et al., 2009	51
Older age	Mpembi Nkosi et al., 2014	30
Sleep disturbance	Mpembi Nkosi et al., 2014	30

^aOne study; ^btwo studies; ^cfour studies.