Stroke and depression: A bidirectional link

Table 2 Pooled prevalence of post stroke depression stratified by study setting and timing assessment in the meta-analysis of Hackett et al^[6,147] and Ayerbe et al^[100,101]

	Hackett et al[6,147]	Ayerbe et al[100,101]
Publication period of included studies	1977-2002	1983-2011
Number of included studies (population: n, hospital: n, rehabilitation: n)	51 (population: 6, hospital: 16, rehabilitation: 29)	43 (population: 6, hospital: 15, rehabilitation: 22)
Pooled prevalence
Overall	33% (95%CI: 29%-36%)	29% (95%CI: 25%-32%)
Study setting
Population-based	AP: 33% (95%CI: 29%-37%) MTP: 33% (95% CI: 0%-72%) LTP: 33% (95%CI: 29%-36%)	22% (95%CI: 17%-28%)
Hospital-based	AP: 36% (95%CI: 0%-73%) MTP: 32% (95% CI: 23%-41%) LTP: 34% (95%CI: 24%-45%)	30% (95%CI: 24%-36%)
Rehabilitation-based	AP: 30% (95%CI: 16%-44%) MTP: 36% (95% CI: 20%-39%) LTP: 34% (95%CI: 26%-42%)	30% (95%CI: 25%-36%)
Timing of assessment
Acute phase (< 1 mo)	32% (95%CI: 19%-44%)	28% (95%CI: 23%-34%)
Medium-term phase (1-6 mo)	34% (95%CI: 20%-39%)	31% (95%CI: 24%-39%)
Long-term phase (6 mo or more)1 (6 mo to 1 yr)2	34% (95%CI: 29%-39%)	33% (95%CI: 23%-43%)
Very long-term phase (> 1 yr)	n.d.	25% (95%CI: 19%-32%)

AP: Acute phase; MTP: Medium-term phase; LTP: Long-term phase; n.d.: Not determined.