Associations between baseline factors and emotional outcomes at 6 months poststroke
| Baseline characteristic | Value | GHQ-30 | HAD Anxiety | HAD Depression | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Median | p | n | Median | p | Median | p | ||||||
| Current smoker | Yes | 130 | 7 | 1-150 | 108 | 6 | 1-150 | 5 | 1-150 | ||||
| No | 179 | 5 | 143 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| Employed at time of stroke | Yes | 70 | 4.5 | 59 | 5 | 3 | 1-150 | ||||||
| No | 238 | 6 | 191 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||
| Missing | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| Previous stroke | Yes | 55 | 6 | 48 | 4 | 5 | 1-150 | ||||||
| No | 254 | 6 | 203 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||
| Total anterior circulation stroke6 | Yes | 32 | 11.5 | 1-160 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 1-150 | |||||
| No | 277 | 6 | 229 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| Posterior circulation stroke | Yes | 57 | 4 | 1-150 | 54 | 3 | 1-150 | 3 | 1-150 | ||||
| No | 252 | 7 | 197 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||
| Arm power | Moderate/better | 263 | 5 | 1-160 | 218 | 5 | 4 | 1-150 | |||||
| Poor | 45 | 11 | 32 | 6.5 | 5.5 | ||||||||
| Missing | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| Able to walk independently | Yes | 195 | 5 | 1-150 | 162 | 5 | 3 | 1-150 | |||||
| No | 114 | 8 | 89 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| Visual field defect | Yes | 57 | 8 | 1-150 | 36 | 7 | 6.5 | 1-160 | |||||
| No | 243 | 5 | 207 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| Missing | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10.5 | ||||||||
| Visuospatial disorder | Yes | 59 | 9 | 1-150 | 38 | 6 | 7.5 | 1-160 | |||||
| No | 236 | 5 | 201 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| Missing | 14 | 7 | 12 | 6.5 | 4.5 | ||||||||
| Hodkinson mental test score13 | ⩽8 | 46 | 8 | 1-150 | 32 | 7 | 6 | 1-150 | |||||
| >8 | 222 | 6 | 188 | 4.5 | 4 | ||||||||
| Not assessable | 41 | 6 | 31 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||
| Urinary incontinence | Yes | 36 | 7.5 | 1-150 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 1-150 | |||||
| No | 273 | 6 | 228 | 4.5 | 4 | ||||||||
↵1-150 p<0.05;
↵1-160 p<0.001
There were no statistically significant differences in the GHQ or HAD subscales in patients with and without the following characteristics: male sex>65 y, prestroke modified Rankin>2, living alone before stroke, partial anterior circulation stroke, lacunar stroke, left hemispheric stroke, Glasgow coma scale verbal score abnormal, visible infarction on CT, haemorrhage on CT.