Prevalence of depression and use of antidepressant medication at 5-years poststroke in the North East Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study
| Autor: | Seana L. Paul, Amanda G. Thrift, Helen M Dewey, Richard A L Macdonell, Jonathan Sturm |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Victoria Population Irritability Cohort Studies Epidemiology medicine Prevalence Humans Prospective Studies education Psychiatry Prospective cohort study Stroke Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged Advanced and Specialized Nursing Aged 80 and over education.field_of_study Depressive Disorder business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Incidence Middle Aged medicine.disease Antidepressive Agents Female Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Stroke. 37(11) |
| ISSN: | 1524-4628 |
| Popis: | Background and Purpose— There are few data on the prevalence or treatment of depression from unselected populations long-term poststroke. We assessed the prevalence of depression and antidepressant use at 5-years poststroke in an unselected stroke population. Methods— Five-year survivors from a prospective community-based stroke incidence study were assessed for depression with the Irritability, Depression and Anxiety Scale. Medications indicated primarily for treatment of depression were recorded. Results— At 5-years poststroke, 441 (45%) of 978 incident cases were alive (mean age=74±15 years, 49% female). Seventeen percent of those assessed were depressed. Twenty-two percent with depression were taking an antidepressant medication. Of those taking an antidepressant, 72% were not depressed. Conclusions— Although nearly one-fifth of survivors were depressed, few were taking antidepressants. Further exploration of this low level of treatment is warranted. |
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