STUDY ON CORRELATION BETWEEN POST STROKE DEPRESSION AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
| Autor: | Denisa Pirscoveanu, Cornelia Zaharia, Valerica Tudorica, Diana Matcau, Laurentiu Ene, Aura Ciobanu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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| Zdroj: | Romanian Journal of Neurology, Vol 7, Iss 3, Pp 106-110 (2008) |
| ISSN: | 2069-6094 1843-8148 |
| Popis: | Objective. Our study was designed to assess the cognitive impairment after ischemic stroke and to study its correlation with poststroke depression. Methods. We studied a series of 94 consecutive patients (45 men and 49 women, mean age 68,9 years) with acute first-ever ischemic stroke. The patients underwent a neurological and neuropsychological examination at baseline, after 6 months and after 12 months. For the cognitive assessment we used Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and for the evaluation of depression we used Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS). Results. Depression was diagnosed in 48 patients (49%) at 6 months and in 55 of the patients (54%) at 12 months after ischemic stroke. The cognitive impairment was higher at 12 months than at 6 months; the depressive patients had more severe cognitive impairment than the nondepressive patients. Conclusions. A lot of patients suffer from depression after stroke, and the frequency of depression seems to increase during the first year. The post stroke depression (PSD) is correlated with the cognitive impairment. We emphasize the importance of psychiatric assessment of stroke patients. |
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