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Depressed Mood After Stroke

A Community Study of its Frequency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

D. T. Wade ,
J. Legh-Smith  and
R. A. Hewer
D. T. Wade
Affiliation:
Frenchay Hospital
J. Legh-Smith*
Affiliation:
Frenchay Hospital
R. A. Hewer
Affiliation:
Frenchay Hospital
*
The Bristol Stroke Unit, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol BS16 ILE
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A community study on stroke registered 976 patients. Over 60% of survivors at three weeks, six months and 12 months after the stroke were assessed for depressed mood, using the Wakefield self-assessment depression inventory, and on other functional and social activities. At each point, 25–30% of those assessed were depressed; over 50% of patients depressed at three weeks remained so at one year. Factors associated with depression included loss of functional independence, a low level of other activities, a low reasoning ability, and being female and living with someone; path analysis showed that most depression was not explained by these factors. Few depressed patients at six months were on antidepressant medication.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 2 , August 1987 , pp. 200 - 205
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1987 

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