Table 1.
Descriptive sample characteristics and clinical characteristics in 54 patients who have experienced a myocardial infarction (MI), 18 patients who have experienced a transient ischemic attack (TIA) and 40 patients who have experienced a stroke
| MI N = 54 (48.2%) |
TIA N = 18 (16.1%) |
Stroke N = 40 (35.7%) |
p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Age ± SD |
68.1 ± 13.7 | 72.7 ± 18.7 | 70.0 ± 15.2 | 0.532 | |
| Sex | female | 18 (33.3%) | 11 (61.1%) | 21 (52.5%) | 0.056* |
| male | 36 (66.7%) | 7 (38.9%) | 19 (47.5%) | ||
| Marital status | single | 4 (7.4%) | 3 (16.7%) | 2 (5.0%) | 0.423† |
| within a partnership | 38 (70.4%) | 9 (50.0%) | 26 (65.0%) | ||
| married | 12 (22.2%) | 6 (33.3%) | 12 (30.0%) | ||
| Number of children | 0 | 8 (14.8%) | 4 (22.2%) | 5 (12.5%) | 0.443† |
| 1 | 10 (18.5%) | 4 (22.2%) | 9 (22.5%) | ||
| 2 | 28 (51.8%) | 7 (38.8%) | 16 (40.0%) | ||
| 3+ | 8 (14.9%) | 3 (16.8%) | 10 (25.0%) | ||
| Graduation/Education | basic prim. School | 48 (88.9%) | 15 (83.3%) | 35 (87.5%) | 0.238† |
| high school / uni ent | 4 (7.4%) | 1 (5.6%) | 2 (5.0%) | ||
| without | 2 (3.7%) | 2 (11.1%) | 3 (7.5%) | ||
| Professional qualification | apprenticeship | 34 (63.0%) | 13 (72.2%) | 27 (67.5%) | 0.082† |
| craftsman | 2 (3.7%) | 2 (11.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||
| university | 5 (9.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||
| none | 13 (24.1%) | 3 (16.7%) | 13 (32.5%) | ||
| Occupation | employee | 51 (94.4%) | 17 (94.4%) | 40 (100.0%) | 0.264† |
| self-employed | 1 (1.9%) | 1 (5.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||
| none | 2 (3.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||
| Disease severity |
GRACE (mean ± SD) mNIHSS (mean ± SD) |
125.2 ± 36.8 | 0.4 ± 0.9 | 7.6 ± 3.4 | < 0.001 |
| PTSD | PTSD+ (n = 26) | 7 (13.0%) | 3 (16.7%) | 16 (40.0%) | 0.007† |
| PTSD- (n = 86) | 47 (87.0%) | 15 (83.3%) | 24 (60%) | ||
| HADS-D | mean ± SD | 6.0 ± 4.6 | 9.3 ± 5.2 | 10.4 ± 5.0 | < 0.001 |
| HADS-A | mean ± SD | 6.3 ± 3.1 | 7.6 ± 2.9 | 8.4 ± 4.4 | 0.022 |
basic prim. School: basic primary school. Uni entr: University entry diploma. MI: myocardial infarction. TIA: transient ischemic attack. GRACE: Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events Score. mNIHSS: Modified National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale. SD: Standard Deviation. PTSD: Post-traumatic stress disorder. HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, D-depression subscale, A- anxiety subscale. *- Chi-squared Test, †- Fisher’s exact test