Table 1.
Bivariate associations between demographics and stroke survivor depressive symptoms
| Mean (SD) | n (%) | b | Standard error |
B | t statistic | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroke survivor demographics | |||||||
| Age, years | 74.66 (7.82) | −0.248 | 0.104 | −0.194 | −2.37 | .0190 | |
| African American | 62 (42.47) | 3.974 | 1.645 | 0.197 | 2.42 | .0170 | |
| Female | 74 (50.68) | 3.286 | 1.636 | 0.165 | 2.01 | .0464 | |
| Education level a | 1.73 (1.08) | −2.200 | 0.750 | −0.238 | −2.93 | .0039 | |
| Co-residence with caregiver | 98 (67.12) | −4.181 | 1.731 | −0.197 | −2.42 | .0170 | |
| Caregiver demographics | |||||||
| Age | 63.72 (13.44) | −0.140 | 0.061 | −0.189 | −2.31 | .0223 | |
| Female gender | 114 (78.08) | 0.848 | 2.004 | 0.035 | 0.42 | .6727 | |
| Education levelb | 14.17 (2.70) | −0.468 | 0.305 | −0.127 | −1.53 | .1275 |
Note: b = unstandardized estimate; B = standardized estimate.
a
Stroke survivor education level: 0 = less than high school, 1 = high school graduate, 2 = some college, 3 = college graduate.
b
Caregiver education level: years of education from 0 to 20.