Acute post stroke depression at a Primary Stroke Center in the Middle East.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Depression occurs in approximately 30 percent of stroke patients, leading to increased disability, lower quality of life and increased mortality. Given new recommendations to assess depression in acute stroke patients this study evaluated rates of acute post stroke depression at a Primary Stroke Center in Doha, Qatar.

Methods

Acute stroke patients (n = 233) were given the PHQ-9 and the Mini-Cog test by stroke unit nurses within the first few days post stroke. This was part of a clinical improvement project conducted from March 2016 thru March 2017.

Results

Approximately 20% of acute post stroke patients (46/233) scored in the moderately depressed range on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9 ≥10 with item 1 and/or 2 endorsed). Nationality and dysarthria w

SUBMITTER: Wilkins SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6301612 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature