Research Article
Criterion Validity of the “HRQOLISP-E”: A New Context-Specific Screening Tool for Poststroke Depression
Table 1
Characteristics of the study sample using the HADS-D criterion.
| | Variables | Overall sample
() | No depression
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| | Mean age | 57.4 (11.6) | 55.4 (10.8) | 58.3 (11.9) | | Age (years) | | | | | ≤45 | 58 (15.0) | 25 (20.0) | 33 (12.6) | | 45–65 | 235 (60.7) | 79 (63.2) | 156 (59.5) | | >65 | 94 (24.3) | 21 (16.8) | 73 (27.9) | | Gender | | | | | Male | 248 (64.1) | 84 (67.2) | 164 (62.6) | | Female | 139 (35.9) | 41 (32.8) | 98 (37.4) | | Education | | | | | None | 32 (8.3) | 12 (9.6) | 20 (7.6) | | Primary | 72 (18.6) | 17 (13.6) | 55 (21.0) | | Secondary | 107 (27.7) | 35 (28.0) | 72 (27.5) | | Higher | 176 (45.5) | 61 (48.8) | 115 (43.9) | | Occupation | | | | | Skilled/professional | 117 (30.2) | 43 (34.4) | 74 (28.2) | | Semiskilled | 52 (13.4) | 13 (10.4) | 39 (14.9) | | Manual | 108 (27.9) | 36 (28.8) | 72 (27.5) | | Retired | 88 (22.7) | 25 (20.0) | 63 (24.1) | | Others | 22 (5.7) | 8 (6.4) | 14 (5.3) | | Stroke severity: NIHSS | | | | | Mild (≤15) | 385 (99.5) | 124 (99.2) | 261 (99.6) | | Moderate (16–20) | 2 (0.5) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.4) | | Severe (21–42) | — | — | — | | Stroke severity: SLS | | | | | Mild (11–15) | 312 (81.5) | 112 (91.1) | 200 (76.9) | | Moderate (6–10) | 65 (17.0) | 9 (7.3) | 56 (21.5) | | Severe (0–5) | 6 (1.5) | 2 (1.6) | 4 (1.5) | | Total | 100 | 32.3 | 67.7 |
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