Table 4.

Factors associated with psychosocial problems of stroke patients

Patient-related variables	OR
	Helplessness	Hopelessness	Thoughts of death	Difficulty in asking for help	Feelings of anger	Feelings of guilt	Preferred home care
Age of the patient (years)
<60	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline
≥60	3.64** (1.23-10.75)	3.28* (1.02-10.54)	3.11 (0.12-78.55)	0.27 (0.06-1.28)	0.67 (0.26-1.70)	0.53 (0.17-1.63)	0.13 (0.01-0.84)
Gender of the patient
Female	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline
Male	0.26** (0.18-0.66)	2.88* (1.06-7.80)	2.68 (0.35-20.11)	0.95 (0.27-3.32)	0.79 (0.32-1.92)	1.99 (0.58-6.80)	2.17 (0.63-7.42)
Type of residence
Urban	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline
Rural	1.80 (0.70-4.59)	0.51 (0.19-1.37)	17.18* (1.98-153.93)	1.15 (0.31-4.18)	0.97 (0.40-2.35)	0.97 (0.32-2.88)	0.81 (0.22-2.90)
Marital status of the patient
Widow/widower	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline
Married	1.12 (0.41-3.00)	0.81 (0.28-2.33)	0.62 (0.10-3.79)	4.39* (1.19-16.15)	0.55 (0.21-1.45)	1.22 (0.33-4.56)	3.95* (1.11-14.05)
Education level
≤Primary	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline
>Primary	1.13 (0.45-2.86)	6.31** (2.17-17.29)	0.1 (0.007-1.72)	0.64 (0.14-2.92)	3.35** (1.39-8.07)	1.26 (0.42-3.78)	0.38 (0.11-1.36)
Employment status after the diagnosis
Unemployed	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline
Employed	1.13* (1.03-8.54)	0.45 (0.14-1.37)	0.00 (0.00)	0.61 (0.10-3.70)	0.94 (0.34-2.56)	0.4 (0.10-1.50)	0.27 (0.06-1.23)
mRS score at the time of admission
≤3	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline	Baseline
>3	1.43 (0.61-3.3)	2.92* (1.23-6.93)	0.00 (0.00)	2.52 (0.75-8.43)	1.6 (0.72-3.58)	0.88 (0.31-2.46)	0.55 (0.18-1.72)

All numbers are OR (95% CIs). *P<0.05, **P<0.01. OR: Odds ratio, CIs: Confidence intervals, mRS: modified Rankin Scale