Abstract
An unselected cohort of 285 stroke patients, median age 69 years, were studied for correlation between potential risk factors and the 1-year incidence of post-stroke depression (PSD). The following factors correlated significantly with PSD: a history of previous stroke, a history of previous depression, female gender, living alone and social distress prestroke. Further, social inactivity, decrease in social activity, pathological crying and intellectual impairment at 1 month but not functional outcome correlated to PSD. A multivariate regression analysis showed that intellectual impairment explained 42% of variance of mood score. Major depression was unrelated to lesion location. We conclude that etiology to PSD is a complex mixture of prestroke personal and social factors, and stroke induced social, emotional and intellectual handicap.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica |
Volume | 92 |
Issue number | 3 |
Pages (from-to) | 193-198 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISSN | 0001-690X |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 1995 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Activities of Daily Living/psychology
- Adaptation, Psychological
- Aged
- Cerebrovascular Disorders/diagnosis
- Depressive Disorder/diagnosis
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Neurocognitive Disorders/diagnosis
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Personality Assessment
- Risk Factors
- Sick Role
- Social Environment