Table 4.
Association of post-stroke depression with stroke characteristics
| Characteristic | Depressed N=23 |
Not depressed N=50 |
P | |
| Duration since onset in months, n (%) | ≤3 | 14 (60.9) | 15 (28.3) | 0.128 |
| 3 –6 | 2 (8.7) | 12 (22.6) | ||
| 6–12 | 1 (4.3) | 9 (17.0) | ||
| ≥12 | 6 (26.1) | 14 (26.4) | ||
| Number of co-morbidities, n (%) | One | 15 (65.2) | 34 (68) | |
| Two | 2 (8.7) | 11 (22) | 0.316 | |
| 3 and more | 6 (26.1) | 5 (10) | ||
| Type of stroke, n (%) | Hemorrhagic | 4 (17.4) | 11 (22.0) | 0.864 |
| Ischemic | 19 (82.6) | 39 (78.0) | ||
| Dominant side | Yes | 11 (47.8%) | 29 (72.5%) | 0.417 |
| No | 12 (52.2%) | 21 (27.5%) | ||
| Frontal lobe involvement, n (%) | Yes | 7 (30.4) | 12 (24.0) | 0.561 |
| No | 16 (69.6) | 38 (76.0) | ||
| Temporal lobe involvement, n (%) | Yes | 13 (56.6) | 23(46.0) | 0.404 |
| No | 10 (43.4) | 27 (54.0) | ||
| Parietal lobe involvement, n (%) | Yes | 7 (30.4) | 15 (30.0) | 0.970 |
| No | 16 (69.6) | 35 (70.0) | ||
| Occipital lobe involvement, n (%) | Yes | 0 (0.0) | 2 (4.0) | 1.000 |
| No | 23 (100) | 48 (96.0) | ||
| Posterior circulation, n (%) | Yes | 0 | 5 (6.8%) | --- |
| No | 0 | 68 (93.2%) | ||
| Number of lobes involved, n (%) | None | 1 (4.3) | 6 (12.0) | 0.722 |
| One | 18 (78.3) | 37 (74.0) | ||
| Two | 3 (13.0) | 6 (12.0) | ||
| ≥3 | 1 (4.3) | 1 (2) | ||
| Size of lesion, n (%) | ≤225 mm2 | 5 (21.7) | 17 (34) | 0.732 |
| > 225 mm2 | 18 (78.3) | 33 (66) | ||
| Presence of aphasia, n (%) | Yes | 6 (26.1) | 6 (12.0) | 0.131 |
| No | 17 (73.9) | 44 (88.0) | ||
| RUL power, n (%) | 0–1 | 2 (8.7) | 6 (12.0) | 0.013 |
| 2–3 | 9 (39.1) | 5 (10.0) | ||
| 4–5 | 12 (52.2) | 39 (78.0) | ||
| RLL power, n (%) | 0–1 | 3 (13.0) | 5 (10.0) | 0.093 |
| 2–3 | 8 (34.8) | 7 (14.0) | ||
| 4–5 | 12 (52.2) | 38 (76.0) | ||
| Total score on BIADL | Up to 19 | 18 (78.3) | 17 (34.0) | 0.001 |
| 20 | 5 (21.7) | 33 (66.0) | ||
| Handedness, n (%) | Right | 22 (95.6) | 47 (94.0) | 0.773 |
| Left | 1 (4.4) | 3 (6.0) | ||
Key: RUL= right upper limb; RLL= right lower limb; LUL: left upper limb; LLL: left lower limb;BIADL: Barthel index of activities of daily living.