The prevalence and associated factors of poststroke depression
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description: A group of 103 people over the age of 60 were assessed on three occasions in the first year following their stroke. The stroke patients were assessed to determine the prevalence and associated factors of poststroke depression (PSD) within the first 12 months poststroke. Assessments were conducted at the time of discharge from the hospital (the acute poststroke stage), at 3 months poststroke, and at 12 months poststroke. Thirty-four caregivers of the stroke patients were also assessed at 3 and 12 months poststroke to examine psychological distress in the caregiver. Approximately one third of the stroke patients were depressed at all three stages of the poststroke period. The strongest predictors of PSD at the acute poststroke stage were left hemisphere stroke, and a history of stroke. At 3 months poststroke, the strongest predictors of PSD were a history of stroke, physical impairment, and impairment of simple attention abilities. The strongest predictors of PSD at 12 months poststroke were a history of stroke, and physical impairment. The prevalence of clinically significant symptoms of psychological disorder did not change significantly between 3 and 12 months poststroke. Although changes were evident in the physical and cognitive functioning of individual patients, on average the group demonstrated no significant recovery of physical functioning. With regard to cognitive functioning, on average the stroke patients demonstrated no significant recovery of general intelligence, simple attention abilities, immediate verbal memory, and verbal fluency. However, by 12 months poststroke, as a group the stroke patients demonstrated significant improvement in basic cognitive functioning and delayed verbal memory, although there was significant decline in complex attention abilities. Depressed patients were more physically impaired at 1 month poststroke than non depressed patients, although no difference between the groups was evident at 3 and 12 months poststroke. Depressed…
abstract: A group of 103 people over the age of 60 were assessed on three occasions in the first year following their stroke. The stroke patients were assessed to determine the prevalence and associated factors of poststroke depression (PSD) within the first 12 months poststroke. Assessments were conducted at the time of discharge from the hospital (the acute poststroke stage), at 3 months poststroke, and at 12 months poststroke. Thirty-four caregivers of the stroke patients were also assessed at 3 and 12 months poststroke to examine psychological distress in the caregiver. Approximately one third of the stroke patients were depressed at all three stages of the poststroke period. The strongest predictors of PSD at the acute poststroke stage were left hemisphere stroke, and a history of stroke. At 3 months poststroke, the strongest predictors of PSD were a history of stroke, physical impairment, and impairment of simple attention abilities. The strongest predictors of PSD at 12 months poststroke were a history of stroke, and physical impairment. The prevalence of clinically significant symptoms of psychological disorder did not change significantly between 3 and 12 months poststroke. Although changes were evident in the physical and cognitive functioning of individual patients, on average the group demonstrated no significant recovery of physical functioning. With regard to cognitive functioning, on average the stroke patients demonstrated no significant recovery of general intelligence, simple attention abilities, immediate verbal memory, and verbal fluency. However, by 12 months poststroke, as a group the stroke patients demonstrated significant improvement in basic cognitive functioning and delayed verbal memory, although there was significant decline in complex attention abilities. Depressed patients were more physically impaired at 1 month poststroke than non depressed patients, although no difference between the groups was evident at 3 and 12 months poststroke. Depressed…
author: Hosking, Shirley Grace
license: https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstreams/72331650-1c10-460f-b46c-f9dcd91aa2c2/download
date published: 1998
date modified: 2026-07-24T05:57:41Z
provider: University Waikato
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: The University of Waikato