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

Table 6

Predictors of depression after one month.

Predictors of depression in the first month poststroke
Factors		Wald	Sig.	Exp ()
Gender	0.475	0.365	0.546	1.608
Age (reference less than 50)	-0.361	0.197	0.657	0.697
Barthel Index one month after the event
Total dependency (0-20)	4.523	4.246	0.039	92.145
Severe dependency (21-60)	1.690	4.632	0.031	5.418
Moderate dependency (61-90)	0.377	0.239	0.625	1.458
Slight dependency (91-99)	1.139	1.527	0.217	3.123
Education level
Primary school	0.483	0.326	0.568	1.621
Secondary and high school	-2.372	4.122	0.042	0.093
Graduated and diploma	-0.251	0.106	0.745	0.778
Postgraduate	-2.255	2.032	0.154	0.105
Modified ranking score on admission (reference 0-2)	2.311	6.029	0.014	10.087
Comorbidities and risk factors
Diabetes	-0.195	0.112	0.738	0.823
Hypertension	0.699	0.800	0.371	2.011
Ischemic heart disease	-0.873	1.922	0.166	0.418
Atrial fibrillation	-1.442	1.072	0.301	0.237
Chronic kidney disease	2.594	7.249	0.007	13.384
Heart failure	0.454	0.180	0.672	1.575
Number of days the patients admitted to ICU	0.174	1.784	0.182	1.190
Smoking (reference not smoker and ex-smoker)	2.187	9.497	0.002	8.912
Prior mood symptoms	-1.951	2.037	0.154	0.142