Relationship between perceptions of recurrence risk and depression state among first-episode ischemic stroke patients in rural areas: The mediating role of coping style.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To investigate the relationship between stroke survivors' perceptions of recurrence risk, coping styles and depression state, and the role coping styles play in mediating that relationship.

Design

A cross-sectional descriptive study.

Methods

From one hospital in Huaxian, China, 320 stroke survivors were randomly selected as a convenience sample. In this research, the Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire, the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and the Stroke Recurrence Risk Perception Scale were all used. Structural equation modelling and correlation analysis were used to analyse the data. This research followed the EQUATOR and STROBE checklists.

Results

There were 278 valid survey responses. There were mild to severe depressive symptoms in 84.8% of stroke sur

SUBMITTER: Liu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10277436 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature