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. 2021 Jun 7;21:295. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03303-1

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