Research Article
Prevalence, Severity, and Predictors of Poststroke Depression in a Prospective Cohort of Jordanian Patients
Table 4
Prevalence of depression.
| | Factors | PHQ-9 score (depression severity) | | 0-4 (no depression) (%) | 5-9 (mild depression) (%) | 10-14 (moderate depression) (%) | 15-19 (moderately severe) depression (%) | 20-27 (severe depression) (%) |
| | Depression screening on admission | | Total sample ( 140) | 119 (85.00%) | 15 (10.71%) | 4 (2.86%) | 1 (0.71%) | 1 (0.71%) | | Males ( 94) | 84 (89.36%) | 8 (8.51%) | 1 (1.06%) | 0 (0.00%) | 1 (1.06%) | | Females ( 46) | 35 (76.09%) | 7 (15.22%) | 3 (6.52%) | 1 (2.17%) | 0 (0.00%) | | Age above 50 ( 115) | 97 (84.35%) | 14 (12.17%) | 3 (2.61%) | 1 (0.87%) | 0 (0.00%) | | Age 50 or less ( 25) | 22 (88.00%) | 1 (4.00%) | 1 (4.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 1 (4.00%) | | Illiterate ( 40) | 32 (80.00%) | 4 (10.00%) | 3 (7.50%) | 1 (2.50%) | 0 (0.00%) | | Primary education ( 16) | 13 (76.47%) | 2 (11.76%) | 1 (5.88%) | 0 (0.00%) | 1 (5.88%) | | Secondary or high school ( 23) | 20 (86.96%) | 3 (13.04%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | | Graduate ( 49) | 45 (91.84%) | 4 (8.16%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | | Postgraduate ( 9) | 8 (88.89%) | 1 (11.11%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | | Depression screening one month after stroke | | Total sample ( 141) | 106 (75.18%) | 13 (9.22%) | 13 (9.22%) | 6 (4.26%) | 3 (2.13%) | | Male ( 93) | 72 (77.42%) | 10 (10.75%) | 6 (6.45%) | 3 (3.23%) | 2 (2.15%) | | Female ( 48) | 34 (70.83) | 3 (6.25%) | 7 (14.58%) | 3 (6.25%) | 1 (2.08%) | | Age above 50 ( 117) | 86 (73.50%) | 11 (9.40%) | 12 (10.26%) | 6 (5.13%) | 2 (1.71%) | | Age 50 or less ( 24) | 20 (83.33%) | 2 (8.33%) | 1 (4.17%) | 0 (0.00%) | 1 (4.17%) | | Illiterate ( 41) | 29 (70.73%) | 4 (9.76%) | 6 (14.63%) | 1 (2.44%) | 1 (2.44%) | | Primary education ( 17) | 10 (58.82%) | 3 (17.65%) | 2 (11.76%) | 1 (5.88%) | 1 (5.88%) | | Secondary or high school ( 23) | 20 (86.96%) | 0 (0.00) | 3 (13.04%) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | | Graduate ( 49) | 38 (77.55%) | 5 (10.20%) | 2 (4.08%) | 3 (6.12%) | 1 (2.04%) | | Postgraduate | 8 (88.9%) | 1 (11.11%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | | Depression screening three months after stroke | | Total sample ( 137) | 113 (82.48%) | 2 (1.46%) | 6 (4.38%) | 7 (5.11%) | 9 (6.57%) | | Male ( 92) | 79 (85.87%) | 0 (0.00%) | 3 (3.26%) | 5 (5.43%) | 5 (5.43%) | | Female ( 46) | 35 (76.09%) | 2 (4.34%) | 3 (6.52%) | 2 (4.34%) | 4 (8.70%) | | Age above 50 ( 116) | 96 (82.76%) | 2 (1.72%) | 4 (3.45%) | 6 (5.17%) | 8 (6.90%) | | Age 50 or less ( 22) | 18 (81.82%) | 0 (0.00%) | 2 (9.09%) | 1 (4.54%) | 1 (4.54%) | | Illiterate ( 42) | 35 (83.33%) | 1 (2.38%) | 1 (2.38%) | 2 (4.76%) | 3 (7.14%) | | Primary education ( 18) | 13 (72.22%) | 1 (5.56%) | 2 (11.11%) | 0 (0.00%) | 2 (11.11%) | | Secondary or high school ( 22) | 18 (81.82%) | 0 (0.00%) | 2 (9.09%) | 0 (0.00%) | 2 (9.09%) | | Graduate ( 47) | 40 (85.10%) | 0 (0.00%) | 1 (2.13%) | 5 (10.64%) | 1 (2.13%) | | Postgraduate ( 7) | 7 (100.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) |
|
|
11 patients were not screened on admission due to severe stroke symptoms (e.g., dysarthria or aphasia). Education data was missing for three patients. |
