Prevalence, Severity, and Predictors of Poststroke Depression in a Prospective Cohort of Jordanian Patients

Table 1

Cohort demographics and risk factor profile.

Variables	Categories	151	%	Male (%) 100	Female (%) 51
Gender	Male	100	66.23
	Female	51	33.77
Age	50 or less	25	16.56	19 (19.00)	6 (11.76)
	Above 50	126	83.44	81 (81.00)	45 (88.24)
Education level	Illiterate	45	30.21	11 (11.11)	34 (68.00)
	Primary school	20	13.40	15 (15.15)	5 (10.00)
	Secondary and high school	24	16.11	18 (18.18)	6 (12.00)
	Graduated and diploma	51	34.23	46 (46.46)	5 (10.00)
	Higher education	9	6.04	9 (9.09)	0 (0.00)
Smoking status	Not a smoker	66	43.71	27 (27.00)	39 (76.47)
	Smoker	58	38.41	51 (51.00)	7 (13.73)
	Ex-smoker	27	17.88	22 (22.00)	5 (9.80)
	Not a smoker and ex-smoker	93	61.59%	49 (49.00)	44 (86.27)
Comorbidities	Hypertension	116	76.82	71 (71.00)	45 (88.24)
	Diabetes	91	60.26	58 (58.00)	33 (64.71)
	Previous stroke	48	31.79	29 (29.00)	19 (37.25)
	Ischemic heart disease	46	30.67	27 (27.00)	19 (37.30)
	Heart failure	16	10.60	8 (8.00)	8 (15.69)
	Atrial fibrillation	14	9.33	6 (6.10)	8 (15.69)
	Chronic kidney disease	14	9.27	9 (9.00)	5 (9.80)
	Psychiatric comorbidity	6	4.14	4 (4.12)	2 (4.17)
	Having other diseases	32	21.19	18 (18.00)	14 (27.45)
Total number of comorbidities	No comorbidities	16	10.60	15 (15.00)	1 (1.96)
	One comorbidity	23	15.23	16 (16.00)	7 (13.73)
	Two comorbidities	46	30.46	29 (29.00)	17 (33.33)
	Three comorbidities	35	23.18	26 (26.00)	9 (17.65)
	Four comorbidities	20	13.25	9 (9.00)	11 (21.57)
	Five comorbidities	7	4.64	4 (4.00)	3 (5.88)
	Six comorbidities	4	2.65	1 (1.00)	3 (5.88)

Variability in totals is due to a missing value for one patient.