Characteristics of anxiety and psychological well-being in chronic post-stroke patients

Conclusion: Post-stroke anxiety can be a largely observed psychological distress in chronic patients: this pattern would be interpreted in relation to patients' expectations about their health status during a rehabilitation follow-up. SF-36 and PGWBI questionnaires did not provide satisfactory and reliable indexes: the relation between anxiety and both quality of life and psychological well-being needs further exploration.

Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - January 17, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Guido Edoardo D’Aniello, Federica Scarpina, Alessandro Mauro, Ileana Mori, Gianluca Castelnuovo, Matteo Bigoni, Silvia Baudo, Enrico Molinari Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research