Research Article
Prevalence, Severity, and Predictors of Poststroke Depression in a Prospective Cohort of Jordanian Patients
Table 5
The most affected domain at different screening periods.
| | Screening time | On admission | After one month | After three months | | Number and percentage of participants who answered yes and the mean score for all respondents | (%) | Mean (SD) | (%) | Mean (SD) | (%) | Mean (SD) |
| | Patient Health Questionnaire | | Q1 Little interest or pleasure in doing things | 25 (17.85) | 0.27 (0.655) | 36 (25.53) | 0.51 (0.956) | 25 (96.15) | 2.38 (0.852) | | Q2 Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless | 33 (23.57) | 0.33 (0.662) | 41 (29.08) | 0.59 (1.011) | 25 (96.15) | 2.23 (0.951) | | Q3 Trouble falling or staying asleep or sleeping too much | 31 (22.14) | 0.35 (0.719) | 42 (29.79) | 0.58 (0.990) | 21 (80.77) | 1.96 (1.148) | | Q4 Feeling tired or having little energy | 23 (16.36) | 0.26 (0.650) | 42 (29.79) | 0.52 (0.893) | 24 (92.31) | 2.08 (1.017) | | Q5 Poor appetite or overeating | 20 (14.28) | 0.24 (0.645) | 27 (19.15) | 0.37 (0.834) | 16 (61.54) | 1.27 (1.185) | | Q6 Feeling bad about yourself—or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down | 8 (5.71) | 0.11 (0.475) | 11 (7.80) | 0.15 (0.574) | 23 (88.46) | 1.54 (0.905) | | Q7 Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television | 26 (18.75) | 0.31 (0.740) | 33 (23.40) | 0.39 (0.792) | 21 (80.77) | 1.62 (1.134) | | Q8 Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed? Or so fidgety or restless that you have been moving a lot more than usual | 6 (4.28) | 0.07 (0.372) | 12 (8.51) | 0.14 (0.503) | 20 (76.92) | 1.81 (1.167) | | Q9 Thoughts that you would be better off dead, or thoughts of hurting yourself in some way | 13 (9.29) | 0.14 (0.4383) | 15 (10.64) | 0.20 (0.659) | 18 (69.23) | 1.19 (1.021) |
|
|
The number represents patients who are depressed, who have been on an antidepressant medication, or both. |
