Search Results for "Depression Tools Stroke Patients"
Original Source: Depression in acute stroke: prevalence, dominant symptoms and associated factors. A systematic literature review.
Purpose. The aim of this review was to provide a comprehensive analysis of the state of knowledge about post-stroke depression (PSD) in the acute phase, focusing on: (a) the prevalence of depressive disorder and depressive symptoms, (b) the dominant depressive symptoms, (c) the factors associated with PSD and (d) the follow-up consequences. Method. A computer-aided search in MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsychInfo, EMBASE, British Nursing index, Pub Med and Ovid Nursing Database was performed. We systematically searched...
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Depression is a serious mental health condition, where sad feelings carry on for weeks or months and interfere with your life. The symptoms include feeling unhappy most of the time (but may feel a...
A stroke is a cerebrovascular accident that results in inadequate blood flow to part of the brain, starving it of oxygen and causing immediate and irreversible changes to the neurones. If affects 15...
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Improvement Needed In Post-Stroke Depression Screening
Physicians are prescribing anti-depressants for stroke patients without first giving them a proper diagnosis, they are over-treating some patients, and overlooking others, according to a study present...
Same factors influence depression in stroke patients, spouse caregivers
Self-esteem, optimism and perceived control influence depression in stroke survivors and their spouse caregivers—who should be treated together, according to research presented at the American Strok...
Depression In Both Stroke Patients And Spouse Caregivers Influenced By Self-Esteem And Optimism
Self-esteem, optimism and perceived control influence depression in stroke survivors and their spouse caregivers - who should be treated together, according to research presented at the American Strok...
Depression After Stroke Boosts Death Risk (CME/CE)
SAN DIEGO (MedPage Today) -- Much like in patients with myocardial infarction, depression is associated with worse outcomes in patients with stroke, researchers found.
Stroke survivors with depression more likely to die
People who are depressed after a stroke may have a tripled risk of dying early and four times the risk of death from stroke than people who have not experienced a stroke or depression, according to a...
Many Stroke Patients Treated for Depression Without Diagnosis
According to new Canadian research, many stroke patients are being prescribed antidepressants without a proper diagnosis, suggesting that some patients are being over-treated while others are getting...
Men More Prone to Depression After Stroke: Study
THURSDAY, Sept. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Although depression affects about one-third of all stroke victims, male stroke survivors are more likely to become depressed than females, a small new study sugg...
Screening for post-stroke depression inadequate and inconsistent, study finds
(Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada) Physicians are prescribing anti-depressants for stroke patients without first giving them a proper diagnosis, they are over-treating some patients, and overlook...
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Preliminary evidence for the development of a stroke specific geriatric depression scale.
Measuring depression among persons with stroke faces many challenges; diagnostic tools are lengthy and do not measure the extent of depression; screening tools are not stroke-specific; and metrics fro...
Low serum BDNF may indicate the development of PSD in patients with acute ischemic stroke.
OBJECTIVE: This study was to test whether serum BDNF or tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is correlated with the development of depression at the acute stage of stroke. METHODS: Hundred ischemic stro...
BACKGROUND: Depression occurs in approximately one-third of patients following stroke based on studies that screen entire stroke populations. Less is known about the detection and treatment of post st...
Depression after minor stroke: prevalence and predictors.
Background and purpose: Post-stroke depression (PSD) is one of the most frequent complications of stroke, with a prevalence ranging 20-60%. As PSD seems to be related to stroke severity, we hypothe...
Abstract Background: Decreased brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has been demonstrated in animal models and patients with depression. However, little is known about changes in BDNF in post-stro...
