Research Article

Depressive Symptoms in Individuals after Stroke in a Home-Based Rehabilitation Setting

Table 1

Demographic and program descriptive variables for CSRT patients.

VariablesAll patients 
None to mild depressive symptoms
Moderate to severe depressive symptoms

Marital status, (%)
 Single97(10.9%)84(10.5%)13(14.1%)
 Married/common law543(61.1%)484(60.7%)59(64.1%)
 Divorced/separated47(5.3%)41(5.1%)6(6.5%)
 Widowed138(15.5%)130(16.3%)8(8.7%)
 Other/unknown64(7.2%)58(7.3%)6(6.5%)
Gender, (%)
 Male473(53.2%)428(53.7%)45(48.9%)
 Female415(46.7%)368(46.2%)47(51.1%)
 Unknown1(0.1%)1(0.1%)0(0.0%)
Mean age, years ± SD69.8 ± 13.070.5 ± 12.763.4 ± 13.7
Referral source, (%)
 Acute293(33.0%)266(33.4%)27(29.3%)
 Inpatient rehab441(49.6%)402(50.4%)39(42.4%)
 Outpatient Rehab/community/CCAC154(17.3%)128(16.1%)26(28.3%)
 Unknown1(0.1%)1(0.1%)0(0.0%)
Type of stroke, (%)
 Ischemic675(75.9%)600(75.3%)75(81.5%)
 Hemorrhagic113(12.7%)104(13.0%)9(9.8%)
 Unknown101(11.4%)93(11.7%)8(8.7%)
Mean time following stroke,  
Days ± SD
83.6 ± 200.581.1 ± 206.2104.8 ± 141.3

Note. -9 scores 0–9; -9 score ≥ 10; CCAC = community care access centre.