Table 3.

Stroke Admission Characteristics among those with and without probable mental health disorder.

	Overall	Depression, anxiety, and/or PTSD		P-value
		Absent	Present
n	55	42	13	–
Nihss Categories				0.55†
0–4	75%	71%	85%
5–9	7%	7%	8%	–
10+	18%	21%	8%	–
ICU stay	27%	31%	15%	0.48†
SSRI prescribed at discharge	7%	5%	15%	0.23†
Stroke Etiology At Discharge				0.93†
Large artery	18%	19%	15%
atherosclerosis
Small vessel disease	16%	14%	23%	–
Cardioembolism	12%	11%	15%	–
Other determined etiology	9%	10%	8%	–
Cryptogenic	44%	45%	39%	–
Stroke Territory
ACA	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.00†
MCA/ICA	73%	77%	62%	0.28**
PCA	10%	9%	15%	0.60†
Vertebral	6%	6%	8%	1.00†
Basilar	15%	17%	8%	0.66†
Stroke Location
Cortical	38%	37%	39%	1.00†
Subcortical	67%	66%	69%	1.00†
Posterior	21%	20%	25%	0.70†
Discharge to acute rehab	38%	15%	62%	0.06†
Patient reported rehab duration, median, days (IQR)	21 (11–30)	14 (8–30)	21 (21–36)	0.07‡
Patient reported recurrent stroke	9%	7%	15%	0.58†

PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; ICU, intensive care unit; SSRI, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; ACA, anterior cerebral artery; MCA, middle cerebral artery; ICA, internal carotid artery; PCA, posterior cerebral artery; IQR, interquartile range.

^**Chi-squared test.

^†Fisher's exact test.

^‡Wilcoxon Rank Sum.