Table 2 Descriptive analysis of the utilization of healthcare services of the sample for the total group and stratified for the 3 subgroups of depressiveness: no depression, mild depression and moderate to severe depression.

From: Association between post-stroke depressiveness and the utilization of healthcare services three months after the stroke

Variable

n2

Total

Depressiveness at baseline according to PHQ-91 score

 

No depression

n = 409

Mild depression

n = 222

Moderate–severe depression

n = 123

p-value

Physicians

 GP3/internist

536

     

  No

 

19 (3.5)4

12 (3.9)

5 (3.3)

2 (2.6)

0.948a

 Yes

517 (96.5)

294 (96.1)

147 (96.7)

76 (97.4)

  Number, median (IQR5)

490

3.0 (3.0)

3.00 (3.0)

4.0 (3.0)

3.0 (3.5)

0.086b

 Other physicians

441

     

  No

 

132 (29.9)

89 (36.0)

28 (21.1)

15 (24.6)

0.006c

  Yes

309 (70.1)

158 (64.0)

105 (79.0)

46 (75.4)

Therapy services

512

     

 No

 

265 (51.8)

161 (55.0)

71 (49.0)

33 (44.6)

0.206c

 Yes

247 (48.2)

132 (45.1)

74 (51.0)

41 (55.4)

Treatment at hospital

535

     

 No

 

442 (82.6)

262 (84.5)

119 (80.4)

61 (79.2)

0.392c

 Yes

93 (17.4)

48 (15.5)

29 (19.6)

16 (20.8)

 

Rehabilitation

527

     

 No

 

291 (55.2)

186 (61.6)

67 (44.7)

38 (50.7)

0.002c

 Yes

236 (44.8)

116 (38.4)

83 (55.3)

37 (49.3)

  1. Significant values are in bold.
  2. 1Patient Health Questionnaire-9: the participant rates 9 questions, in total a score of maximum 27 can be reached where a higher score indicates a higher degree of depressiveness.
  3. 2Number of participants.
  4. 3General practitioner.
  5. 4Values are expressed as numbers (percentage) unless otherwise indicated.
  6. 5Interquartile range.
  7. aFisher–Exact Test.
  8. bKruskal–Wallis-Test.
  9. cPearson Chi2-Test.